StringDrop

StringDrop["string", n] gives "string" with its first n characters dropped.

StringDrop["string", -n] gives "string" with its last n characters dropped.

StringDrop["string", n] gives "string" with its n character dropped.

StringDrop["string", m, n] gives "string" with characters m through n dropped.

StringDrop uses the standard sequence specification (see Section A.3.5).

Example: StringDrop["abcdefgh", 2] .

StringDrop["string", m, n, s] drops characters m through n in steps of s.

See Section 2.8.2.

See also: Drop, StringTake, StringPosition, StringReplacePart.

New in Version 2; modified in 4.

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