[Mecha the Slag]

Hi.

How would I remove the first X characters in a string?

ie removing the first 5 characters from the string "abcdefghijk" would be "fghijk".

Thanks!

[pheadxdll]

Removes the first 3 characters:

new String:strExp[] = "abcdef";
strcopy(strExp, sizeof(strExp), strExp[3]);

[Mecha the Slag]

thanks pheadxdll!

[Mecha the Slag]

Okay it doesn't work at all.

This is what I attempted:

PHP Code:

RemoveFrontString(String:strInput[], iSize, iVar) {
    strcopy(strInput, iSize, strInput[iVar]);
} 


[Zylius]

Originally Posted by Mecha the Slag Okay it doesn't work at all. This is what I attempted: PHP Code: RemoveFrontString(String:strInput, iSize, iVar) {     strcopy(strInput, iSize, strInput[iVar]); }

PHP Code:

RemoveFrontString(String:strInput[], iSize, iVar) {
    strcopy(strInput, iSize, strInput[iVar]);
} 


>.< Ok, since you edited the post I don't know what's wrong

[Monkeys]

How exactly are you using it?
You don't have to actually remove the charactres if you just need to pass along the string.

Say you want to insert it in a format, you could just use the same method:
Format(Blah, sizeof(Blah), "Blah, short string: %s", sStringIWantFiveCharsDeep[5]);

[Mecha the Slag]

actually nevermind, it seems to work just fine now :p