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Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:45 am**

I am trying to remove the first 5 characters from a string as I bring it into the program. I have yet to accomplish this. What I have so far:

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   put URL("file:" & specialFolderPath("documents") & "/GameData.hs") into LocalHighScore #This part works fine
   replace char 1 to 5 with empty in LocalHighScore
   put base64decode(LocalHighScore) into LocalHighScore
   answer LocalHighScore #Just here to see if it works

It doesn't delete any characters. I have tried many different methods and looked in the dictionary with no luck.

Thanks in advance Klaus

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:10 am**

Try this:

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delete char 1 to 5 in LocalHighScore

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Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:31 am**

doc wrote:Try this:
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delete char 1 to 5 in LocalHighScore
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THANKS!!!

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:43 am**

Oh, I am a bit lat, but looks like I have to earn the "Thanks" now

Yep, you need to supply in your scripts WHERE you want to replace something!

Computers are deaf, dumb and blind!
So what is obvious to us is greek to the machine

Best

Klaus

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