REMOVE$
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Description
Return a copy of a string with characters or strings removed.
Syntax
s = REMOVE$(MainString, [ANY] MatchString)
Returns
String
Parameters
Name |
Type |
Optional |
Meaning |
MainString |
String |
No |
The string expression from which to remove characters |
MatchString |
String |
No |
The string expression to remove all occurrences of. If MatchString is not present in MainString, all of MainString is returned intact. If the ANY keyword is included, MatchString specifies a list of single characters to be searched for individually, a match on any one of which will cause that character to be removed from the result. |
Remarks
Restrictions
See also
Examples
Thanks to Abraxas for the following script example
Dim sMainString As String VALUE "HELLO WORLD"
Dim sMatchString As String VALUE "LO"
Dim sStringExpression As String VALUE "ThinBasic "
Dim sNewString As String VALUE "R"
Dim sREP As String
Dim sREM As String
Dim sRPL As String
Dim Count As DWORD VALUE 10
Dim sMsg As String
sREP = REPEAT$(Count, sStringExpression)
sREM = REMOVE$(sMainString,sMatchString)
sRPL = REPLACE$(sMainString, Any sMatchString, With sNewString)
sMsg += "sMainString = " & sMainString & $CRLF
sMsg += "sMatchString = " & sMatchString & $CRLF
sMsg += "sStringExpression = " & sStringExpression & $CRLF
sMSG += "Count = " & Count & $CRLF & $CRLF
sMsg += "REPEAT$(Count, StringExpression) = " & sREP & $CRLF & $CRLF
sMsg += "REMOVE$(sMainString,sMatchString) = " & sREM & $CRLF & $CRLF
sMsg += "REPLACE$(sMainString, [ANY] sMatchString, [WITH] sNewString) = " & sRPL & $CRLF & $CRLF
MSGBOX 0, sMsg