Difference between revisions of "$deltok"

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Deletes the Nth token from text.
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Deletes the Nth token from text or a range of tokens.
 
  $deltok(text,N-N2,C)
 
  $deltok(text,N-N2,C)
  
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== Example ==
 
== Example ==
  [[echo]] -ag $deltok(This is a moo test,4,32)
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  [[echo]] -a $deltok(This is a moo test,4,32)
This example will echo ''This is a test'', as ''moo'' is removed from the text.
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This example will echo ''This is a test'' to your active window, as ''moo'' is removed from the text.
  [[echo]] -ag $deltok(This is a test for you,-2-1,32)
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  echo -a $deltok(This is a test for you,-2-1,32)
 
This example will also echo ''This is a test'', as the last two words are removed from the text.
 
This example will also echo ''This is a test'', as the last two words are removed from the text.
  
[[Category:Token Identfiers]]
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[[Category:Token Identifiers]]

Latest revision as of 13:52, 27 February 2006

Deletes the Nth token from text or a range of tokens.

$deltok(text,N-N2,C)

Note that you can specify a negative value for N.

Example

echo -a $deltok(This is a moo test,4,32)

This example will echo This is a test to your active window, as moo is removed from the text.

echo -a $deltok(This is a test for you,-2-1,32)

This example will also echo This is a test, as the last two words are removed from the text.