PureBasic

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.

PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    sb.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sb.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

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

    CkStringBuilder::ckShorten(sb,3)

    Debug CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sb)

    ; Output is: 0123456789ABC


    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sb)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure