ChopRight

ChopRight — Remove characters from the right end of the string.

ChopRight StringVariable ?Count?

Return Value

String with the characters removed.

Arguments

StringVariable	String value to chop. Can be either a value or @VarName (will upvar and read/write).
Count	Optional. How many characters to chop. Default is 1.

More Info

Note that this command is based on string range and has behavior consistent with values that are less than zero or past the end of the string.

Note that arguments of the form XxxVariable can take either a normal value or the name of a variable to read/write, prefixed by @. See About Using @ for details.

For information regarding exceptions / errors, see here.

% ChopRight "abcd"
abc
% ChopRight "xyz" 2
x

% set MyString abcd
% ChopRight @MyString 2
ab
% puts $MyString
ab