Action
Delete all character from a string matching the provided character value.
Syntax
DELCHARS string, value
Remarks
string |
The string where the characters are removed from. |
value |
The value of the character which must be removed from the string. You can use "A" to remove all capital A characters. Or you can pass a byte with the value of 65 to remove all characters with ASCII value 65 (A) |
Do not confuse with the DELCHAR statement which removes one character based on an index value.
DELCHARS removes ALL characters from a string matching value.
DELCHARS also works with $BIGSTRINGS
See also
DELCHAR , INSERTCHAR , INSTR , MID , CHARPOS , REPLACECHARS
Example
'----------------------------------------------------------------
' (c) 1995-2025, MCS
' del_insert_chars.bas
' This sample demonstrates the delchar, delchars and insertchar statements
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
$regfile="m88def.dat"
$crystal = 8000000
$hwstack = 40
$swstack = 40
$framesize = 40
dim s as string * 30
s = "This is a test string" ' create a string
delchar s, 1 ' remove the first char
print s ' print it
insertchar s,1, "t" ' put a small t back
print s
delchars s,"s" ' remove all s
print s
end