Delphi ActiveX

Shorten a String in StringBuilder by N Chars

Demonstrates how to shorten a string contained in a Chilkat StringBuilder object by N chars.

Note: This example demonstrates the Shorten method which was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
sb: TChilkatStringBuilder;

begin
success := 0;

sb := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);

// Load a file that contains this string:  0123456789ABCDEF
success := sb.LoadFile('qa_data/txt/remove_chars.txt','utf-8');

sb.Shorten(3);

Memo1.Lines.Add(sb.GetAsString());

// Output is: 0123456789ABC
end;