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Get a Substring by Char Index and Length

Demonstrates how to use the GetRange method to get a substring by index and length.

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

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VB.NET
Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder

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

' Return "56789A" from the string.
' if removeFlag is True, the returned string is also removed from the sb.
Dim removeFlag As Boolean = True
Dim result As String = sb.GetRange(5,6,removeFlag)

Debug.WriteLine(result)
Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetAsString())

' Output is: 
' 
' 56789A
' 01234BCDE