uremove(3alleg)

uremove3alleg

Removes a character from a string. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

int uremove(char *s, int index);

Overview

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.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0–6.0

From liballegro-doc 2:4.2.2-2.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.