The remove() method removes a character in the string at the specified position.
Example
var greet = "Good-morning"
// position of the character to remove
var i = greet.index(greet.startIndex, offsetBy: 4)
// remove the character
greet.remove(at: i)
print(greet)
// Output: Goodmorning
remove() Syntax
The syntax of the string remove() method is:
string.remove(at: i)
Here, string is an object of the String class.
remove() Parameters
The remove() method takes only one parameter.
- i - index of the character to remove
remove() Return Values
- returns a character that was removed from
string
Example: Swift string remove()
var message = "Hello, World!"
print("Before Removing:", message)
// position of the character to remove
var i = message.index(message.startIndex, offsetBy: 12)
// remove the character at index i
var removed = message.remove(at: i)
print("After Removing:", message)
print("Removed Character:", removed)
Output
Before Removing: Hello, World! After Removing: Hello, World Removed Character: !
Here, we have removed "!" from the message string. The removed character is stored in the removed variable.