Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.87+

Shorten a String in StringBuilder by N Chars

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

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local sb = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()

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

sb:shorten(3)

print(sb:get_as_string())

-- Output is: 0123456789ABC