Removing set number of characters from end of string with ColdFusion

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Simon Hume picture Simon Hume · Jun 25, 2010 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

Simple request (hopefully) here.

I have a string which whilst it varies in length, will always need the last 6 characters removed.

Using a 3rd party web service, so I'm unable to edit the response in the XML before outputting.

If anyone can suggest a quick way of trimming them off i'd be really grateful!

here is the string i'll be using:

#daysEvent[iItem].XmlChildren[iEvent].XmlChildren[16].XmlText#

Thanks!

Answer

Nick Van Brunt picture Nick Van Brunt · Jun 25, 2010 
Left(mystring, len(mystring)-6)

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