question: remove characters from certain position

[yusef88]

the following script inserts characters into certain position, can the operation be reversed to remove them?

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"Insert Character(s)" $char = input ("Enter the character to insert:");
  $pos = input ("Enter position to enter the character:");
  rename "r", "^(.{$pos})(.+)$ > $1$char$2", "p"

[highend]

That depends. From the same script (where you still have access to the $pos or $character variable)? Sure. In the same way like before (a rename with a regex pattern and the usage of a range ({})...

[yusef88]

sorry I'm not familiar with scripts. let's say 4th character is to be removed, how

[highend]

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rename "r", "^(.{3}).(.*)$ > $1$2", "p"

[yusef88]

grateful