Question How to delete the first character of a string

Ive been using
string = string.Substring(1);
But I get a compiler error that says startindex cannot be longer than length of string.
Can anyone show me the propper way to eliminate the first character of my string. Thanks in advance.

 

string

is a reserved keyword. Are you using a proper variable name?

If you are, then perhaps you need to check the

.Length

of the string before trying to grab parts of it that don't exist?

Keep in mind "compiler error" means "something is wrong with the code, it cannot be run."

A "runtime error" is something like nullref error or the "startindex cannot be longer than length of string." error.

Those are two vastly different types of errors but they show in the same log.

 

Code (CSharp):

1.   string K = "HELLO";
2.   Debug.Log(K.Substring(1));

works for me.

you must be having a length of a string be ""; One that is asked of the substring. So why not before asking ask if the string is at least of length.

 

By string I did meant a placeholder for a public string called displayed in my script. right now the code looks like this

Code (CSharp):

1. if (displayed.Length > 1)
2.                 {
3.                     displayed = displayed.Substring(1);
4.                 }

 

This is an OBOB (off by one bug)

if you pass in "K" it will return "K"

I think you want

>= 1