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.TH "mtext_del" 3m17n "15 Oct 2009" "" "Version 1.5.5" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mtext_del \- Delete characters in the specified range destructively. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
int
\fBmtext_del\fP (\fBMText\fP *
\fImt\fP, int
\fIfrom\fP, int
\fIto\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
Delete characters in the specified range destructively. 
.PP
The
.ft B
mtext_del()
.ft R
function deletes the characters in the range
.ft B
from
.ft R
(inclusive) and
.ft B
to
.ft R
(exclusive) from M\-text
.ft B
mt
.ft R
destructively. As a result, the length of
.ft B
mt
.ft R
shrinks by (\fBto
.ft R
\-
.ft B
from\fP) characters.
.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP
.RS 4
If the operation was successful,
.ft B
mtext_del()
.ft R
returns 0. Otherwise, it returns \-1 and assigns an error code to the external variable
.ft B
merror_code\fP.
.ft R
.RE
.PP
.SH ERRORS
.PP
.RS 4
\fCMERROR_RANGE
.ft R
.RE
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
.RS 4
\fBmtext_ins()
.ft R
.RE
.PP

.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Information\-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
.br
Copyright (C) 2001\-2009 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
.br
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.
