chop

This function returns a text string corresponding to the input text string with the last length characters removed.

Syntax

chop( input, [length] )

Parameters

• input—Specifies the input text string.

• length—Specifies the number of characters to remove from the string. If the length parameter is not supplied, the default number of characters to remove is 1. If the number of characters to be removed is greater than the length of the input text string, this function returns an empty text string.

Remarks

The input text string can be another field mapping grammar function.