RemoveAt (String str, Integer startAt, Integer noofChars) – String¶
Name | RemoveAt |
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Applicable To (DataType) | String |
Purpose | To remove the desired number of characters from a given string. |
Description | Removes the number of characters starting with startPosition from the given string. |
Return Type | String |
Syntax | str [System.String] – input string |
startAt [System.Int64] – position of the first character to be removed. | |
noOfChars [System.Int64] – number of characters to be removed. |
Example¶
We have 3 parameters, str, startAt and noOfChars, in a Variables object in which we have specified the default values as:
str = Charles Dickens
startAt = 8
noOfChars = 7
Map the data fields from the Variables object to the respective data fields under the Input node inside the function object.
Now, right-click on the RemoveAt function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that starting from position 8, 7 characters have been removed from the string.