uremove

Section: Allegro manual (3)
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NAME

uremove - Removes a character from a string. Allegro game programming library.  

SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro.h>

int uremove(char *s, int index);  

DESCRIPTION

Removes the character at the specified `index' within the string, sliding the rest of the data back to fill the gap. If `index' is negative, it counts backward from the end of the string. Example: 

   int length_in_bytes = ustrsizez(text_string);
   ...
   length_in_bytes -= uremove(text_string, -1);
 

RETURN VALUE

Returns the number of bytes by which the trailing part of the string was moved.

 

SEE ALSO

uoffset(3), ugetat(3), usetat(3), uinsert(3)