erase

Description:

public unowned StringBuilder erase (ssize_t pos = 0, ssize_t len = -1)

Removes len bytes from a StringBuilder, starting at position pos.

The rest of the StringBuilder is shifted down to fill the gap.

Example: Erase:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	// Output: ``hello, world!``
	StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder ("hello, economy around the world!\n");
	// "hello, economy around the world!\n"
	//         ^----------------->
	//         7        19
	builder.erase (7, 19);
	print (builder.str);
	return 0;
}

valac --pkg glib-2.0 GLib.StringBuilder.erase.vala

Parameters:

this

a StringBuilder
pos

the position of the content to remove
len

the number of bytes to remove, or -1 to remove all following bytes

Returns:

this