RE: Dot syntax for 'delete the last char of...'

[Tom Jacobs]

At 11:24 AM -0700 5/26/04, Thomas Higgins wrote:
 > Is there a way of expressing "delete the last char of myString" using
 dot syntax?
Yes: delete myString[myString.char.count]
Thanks, Tom (and others). As far as I can tell, this use of 'delete' 
is undocumented. There is an example of this usage on page 433 of the 
Scripting Reference under "offset" but nothing under "delete". (Just 
trying to RTFM instead of posting a message.)

Tom
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