Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
- Subject: Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:39:27 -0500
On 1/3/06, Michelle Steiner <email@hidden> wrote:
> What is the matter with using "text" instead of "characters" and
> coercing to a string?
> [...] just about everyone was using "characters" and then casting to
> text rather than using "text" directly.
Well, in my case, I didn't use "text" because I didn't know about it.
And "text 4 through end" just sounds weird - "text" is not a countable
noun in English! Grr. :)
So I learned something out of this thread. Thanks!
> And is there really any difference, other than writing style, between
> using through end and through -1?
Well, they compile differently, but I don't see any difference in what
they return.
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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