Description

Returns a new string in which a specified number of characters from the current string are deleted.



Attributes

Input

  • Input - The original string or String variable.

  • Length - The number of characters to be deleted.

  • Position - The zero based position to begin deleting the characters.

Common

  • ContinueOnError - The Boolean value to specify whether to continue executing the next activities even if there is an error thrown on this activity.

Misc

  • DisplayName - Renames the activity.

  • Result - The resulting string once the characters have been removed.


Example

  1. Create a String variable and name it newString.
  2. Add a Remove activity inside the initial Sequence.
  3. In the Remove activity Result field under Attributes, add the newString variable.
  4. In the Remove Input field, type "Robotic Process Automation".
  5. In the Remove Position field, write 8. 
  6. In the Remove Length field, write 8.
  7. Under the Remove activity, add a Write Line activity. 
  8. In the Write Line Text field, insert newString. 

    The use case should look as the following screenshot:



This should be the output in the Output panel: