program topAndTail(output); var line: string(20); begin line := 'ABCDEF'; if length(line) > 1 then begin { string with first character removed } writeLn(subStr(line, 2)); { index range expression: only possible for strings } { _not_ designated `bindable` [e.g. `bindable string(20)`] } writeLn(line[2..length(line)]); { string with last character removed } writeLn(subStr(line, 1, length(line) - 1)); { only legal with non-bindable strings: } writeLn(line[1..length(line)-1]) end; { string with both the first and last characters removed } if length(line) > 2 then begin writeLn(subStr(line, 2, length(line) - 2)); { only for non-bindable strings: } writeLn(line[2..length(line)-1]) end end.