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Old 05-31-2002, 04:29 PM
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Question another simple one


this will probably be stupid easy, but how do i remove the last character from a string?
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Old 05-31-2002, 04:33 PM
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string = mid(string, 1, len(string) - 1)
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Old 05-31-2002, 04:44 PM
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....or similarily:

string=left$(string,len(string)-1)

The "$" gives a slight speed bonus (around 5%?)
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