Xbasic

*LINE_REMOVE Function

Syntax

New_String as C = *LINE_REMOVE(text as c,line as n [,nlines as n])

Arguments

textCharacter

The original unmodified text.

lineNumeric

The number of the first line to remove.

nlinesNumeric

Default = 1. The number of lines to remove.

Returns

New_StringCharacter

The modified text containing line removal(s).

Description

Remove line(s) from text at line position.

Discussion

The *LINE_REMOVE() function removes line(s) from a CR-LF delimited string starting at the line position defined by Start_Line.

Example

lines = <<%str%
one
two
three
four
%str%
? *line_remove(lines, 3)
= one
two
four

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