CONTROL
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  - User administration
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  - String functions
    - "at" (string::at)
      Returns the character at the given index idx in the string.
    - "chop" (string::chop)
      Removes n characters from the end of the string.
    - "clear" (string::clear)
      Empties the string.
    - "contains" (string::contains)
      Returns true if this string contains an occurrence of the string s, otherwise false.
    - "count" (string::count)
      Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of the string s in this string.
    - "indexOf" (string::indexOf)
      Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string s in this string.
    - "insert" (string::insert)
      Inserts the string s at the given index pos.
    - "isEmpty" (string::isEmpty)
      Returns true if the string is empty.
    - "lastIndexOf" (string::lastIndexOf)
      Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string s in this string.
    - "left" (string::left)
      Returns a substring that contains the n leftmost characters of the string.
    - "length" (string::lenght)
      Returns the number of Unicode characters.
    - "mid" (string::mid)
      Returns a string that contains n characters of this string, starting at the specified pos index.
    - "remove" (string::remove)
      Removes n characters from the string, starting at the given pos index.
    - "replace" (string::replace)
      Replaces part of a string with a new one.
    - "right" (string::right)
      Returns a substring that contains the n rightmost characters of the string.
    - "split" (string::split)
      Splits the string into substrings wherever sep occurs, and returns the list of those strings.
    - "startsWith" (string::startsWith)
      Returns true if the string starts with s, otherwise false.
    - "toLower" (string::toLower)
      Returns a lowercase copy of the string.
    - "toUpper" (string::toUpper)
      Returns an uppercase copy of the string.
    - "trim" (string::trim)
      Removes whitespace from the start and the end.
    - "trimmed" (string::trimmed)
      This function produces a trimmed, new instance of a string.
  - Threads
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  - Waiting Control functions
  - XML Control Extension
  - Time functions
  - Miscellaneous functions
  - Reference - Focus Policy
- Control graphics
- CONTROL Functions
- CTRL-Debugger
  Der CTRL-Debugger ermöglicht ein Debuggen der Pogrammiersprache Control.
- CtrlExtension

"chop" (string::chop)

Removes n characters from the end of the string.

Synopsis

int string.chop(int n);

Parameters


Parameter	Description
n	Number of characters

Description

Removes n characters from the end of the string.

If n is greater than or equal to length(), the result is an empty string; if n is negative, it is equivalent to passing zero.

Always returns 0.

Assignment

String