System Namespace   String Class

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Deletes a specified number of characters from this instance beginning at a specified position.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Public Function Remove ( _
   ByVal startIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal count As Integer _
) As String

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public string Remove (
   int startIndex,
   int count
);

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: String* Remove (
   int startIndex,
   int count
);

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
function Remove (
   startIndex : int,
   count : int
) : String;

startIndex

The position in the given String to begin deleting characters.

count

The number of characters to delete.

A new String that is equivalent to this instance less count number of characters.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Either startIndex or count is less than zero. -or- startIndex plus count is greater than the length of this instance.

For example, the following C# code prints "123456".

String s

= "123abc456";

Response.WriteLine ( s.Remove ( 3, 3 ) );

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