Shorten a string by N characters

Shorten: Discards the last N characters of a string.

The Chilkat ASP String Component is freeware and may be used in any ASP application. To install, download and unzip the ASP String Component. Then copy the CkString.dll to a directory on your ASP Web Server and register it with regsvr32.exe.

<% @CodePage = 65001 %>
<% Response.CodePage = 65001 %> 

<html>
<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head>
<body>
<%
' The ASP String component (CkString) can be downloaded from:
' http://www.chilkatsoft.com/download/CkString.zip

set cks = Server.CreateObject("CkString.CkString")

' Shorten: Shorten a string by N characters
cks.Str = "1234---abcd---XYZ"

cks.Shorten 6

' Prints 1234---abcd
Response.Write cks.Str

%>
</body>
</html>

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