RemoveChars

Returns string with count characters removed from the specified starting position. Return 0 if no characters are found.

Syntax

RemoveChars(string, start, count)

string

Any string.

start

Starting position for the search.

count

Number of characters being removed.

Examples

<!--- This example shows the use of RemoveChars --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
RemoveChars Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR=silver>
<H3>RemoveChars Example</H3>

Returns a string with <I>count</I> characters
removed from the specified starting position.  Returns 0
if no characters are found.

<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.myString")>
    <CFIF Evaluate(FORM.numChars + FORM.start) 
      GT Len(FORM.myString)>
        <P>Your string is only <CFOUTPUT>#Len(FORM.myString)#
          </CFOUTPUT> characters long.
        Please enter a longer string, select fewer characters to remove or
        begin earlier in the string.
    <CFELSE>
        <CFOUTPUT>
        <P>Your original string:     #FORM.myString#
        <P>Your modified string:    #RemoveChars(FORM.myString,
         FORM.numChars, FORM.start)#
        </CFOUTPUT>
...

CFML Language Reference
Chapter 2 : ColdFusion Functions