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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.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkStringBuilder sb = new CkStringBuilder();

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

    sb.Shorten(3);

    System.out.println(sb.getAsString());

    //  Output is: 0123456789ABC
  }
}