REBOL [ File: %rm.r Date: 10-Jun-2006 Title: "Remove part of a string using parse" Purpose: { When use with "foreach line lines" to remove specific columns in a text file. e.g. remove column 10 to column 13 in file.txt lines: read/lines %file.txt foreach line lines [ parse/all line [9 skip mark: (remove/part mark 4) to end] ] write %file.txt lines } library: [ level: 'beginner platform: 'all type: [one-liner] domain: [text-processing text] tested-under: [win2k version 1.3.2.3.1] support: none license: none see-also: none ] ] parse/all str:"This is a one liner" [9 skip mark: (remove/part mark 4) to end (print str)] halt