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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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Dim success As Boolean
success = 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")

success = sb.Shorten(3)

System.DebugLog(sb.GetAsString())

// Output is: 0123456789ABC