Name

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REMCHAR

Purpose

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Remove all appearances of character (char) from string (st)

Calling Sequence

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REMCHAR, ST, CHAR

Input-output

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ST - String from which character will be removed, scalar or vector

Input

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CHAR- Single character to be removed from string or all elements of a
string array

Example

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If a = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g' then
IDL> remchar,a, ','
      will give a = 'abcdefg'
  REVISIONS HISTORY
Written D. Lindler October 1986
Test if empty string needs to be returned W. Landsman Feb 1991
Work on string arrays W. Landsman August 1997
Avoid 32 bit integer overflow K. Tolbert/W. Landsman Feb 2007