(Delphi DLL) Shorten a String in StringBuilder by N Chars

Demonstrates how to shorten a string contained in a Chilkat StringBuilder object by N chars.

Note: This example demonstrates the Shorten method which was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, StringBuilder;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
sb: HCkStringBuilder;
success: Boolean;

begin
sb := CkStringBuilder_Create();

// Load a file that contains this string:  0123456789ABCDEF
success := CkStringBuilder_LoadFile(sb,'qa_data/txt/remove_chars.txt','utf-8');

CkStringBuilder_Shorten(sb,3);

Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb));

// Output is: 0123456789ABC

CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);

end;