======Remove(text, start, length) ======
Category:  Text function

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=====Description=====
This function removes a substring of text from //text//, //length// characters long, and starting with the //start//<sup>th</sup> character.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|text|Text|Any text value from which the substring of text is removed.|
|start|Number (Integer)|The position of the first character within //text// to be removed.|
|length|Number (Integer)|The number of characters to remove.|

**Return value type:** Text

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=====Remarks=====
Number values entered for //text// are implicitly converted to text.

Entering a value for //start// that is past the number of characters in //text// returns the full //text// value.

Entering a value for //length// that exceeds the number of characters after the //start// position, returns the leading characters in //text// up to the //start// position. 

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=====Examples=====
  remove('Betelgeuse', 2, 4) //Returns 'Bgeuse'

  remove('Pleiades', 1, 3) //Returns 'iades'

  remove(32876, 2, 2) //Returns '376' (Numbers implicitly converted; return value is text)

  remove('the', 4, 3) //Returns 'the'  (Starting point past the end of the text; value returned)

  remove('Canopus', 4, 6) //Returns 'Can'  (length is past the end of 'Canopus', leading characters returned)
 
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=====See also=====
  * [[syntax:functions:removechars|RemoveChars(text, chars)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:removeend|RemoveEnd(text, length)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:removestart|RemoveStart(text, length)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:removetext|RemoveText(text, string)]]