NAME $1 - SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION IMPLEMENTATION SEE ALSO ARGUMENTS MODIFIED CALLS BUGS drop characters from a string (APL-style) integer function sdrop (from, to, length) character from (ARB), to (ARB) integer length 'Sdrop' copies all but 'length' characters from the 'from' string into the 'to' string and returns as its result the number of characters copied. If 'length' is positive, the omitted characters are relative to the beginning of the 'from' string; if it is negative, they are relative to the end of the string. to ctoc, length stake (2), index (2), substr (2)