DelphiBasics Delete Procedure Delete a section of characters from a string System unit

procedure Delete(var Source string; StartChar Integer; Count Integer);

Description The Delete procedure deletes up to Count characters from the passed parameter Source string starting from position StartChar.   No error is produced if Count exceeds the remaining character count of Source.   The first character of a string is at position 1. Notes If the StartChar is before the first, or after the last character of Source, then no characters are deleted. Delete(myString, 5, MaxInt);   is equivalent to the better performing : SetLength(myString, 4); Related commands Concat Concatenates one or more strings into one string Copy Create a copy of part of a string or an array Insert Insert a string into another string Move Copy bytes of data from a source to a destination StringOfChar Creates a string with one character repeated many times StringReplace Replace one or more substrings found within a string WrapText Add line feeds into a string to simulate word wrap Trim Removes leading and trailing blanks from a string TrimLeft Removes leading blanks from a string TrimRight Removes trailing blanks from a string  Download this web site as a Windows program.

Example code : Deleting characters from the middle of a string var   Source : string; begin   Source := '12345678';   Delete(Source, 3, 4);    // Delete the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th characters   ShowMessage('Source now : '+Source); end; Show full unit code   Source now : 1278

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