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 STRIP(SEXP1,SEXP2) (STRING)

 Function
  Remove all occurrences of a character from a string.

 Syntax
  STRIP(str,ch)

   str = Any string expression.
   ch  = String whose first character is used for removal from str.

 Return Type & Value
  STRING
  Returns sexp without occurrences of ch that may have been present
  previously.

 Remarks
  This function is used to strip a selected character from a string.  This
  can be useful when you need to remove known formatting characters from
  a string, such as slashes and hyphens from a date string.

 Examples
  STRING s
  WHILE (LEN(s) < 6) DO
    INPUTSTR "Enter date (MM-DD-YY)",s,@X0E,8,"0123456789-",DEFS
    LET s = STRIP(s,"-")
  ENDWHILE
  PRINTLN "Date (MMDDYY):  ",s

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