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DELSTR(<string>,<number>, [<length>])
      returns a string

Deletes a portion of <string> of <length> characters beginning at the
<number> character position. The new string is returned. If <number> is
greater than the length of <string> then <string> is returned unchanged.

If <length> is omitted, all characters beginning at position <number> are
deleted.

   Example:
         say delstr('indifference',3,3);      >>> inference

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