.drop()

The .drop() method removes characters from the start (0th index) of a given string to the nth index element.

Syntax

String.drop(nth-index)

• String: The string to be modified. The method will return a new string with the specified values missing.
• nth-index: The method will remove characters up to this value.

Example

The example demonstrates the use of .drop() to remove characters from the beginning of the string.

fun main() {
  val str = "This is new"
  val str2 = "I'm a string"

  println(str.drop(8))   // Drops 'This is '
  println(str2.drop(6)) // Drops 'I'm a '
}

The output of the code above will be:

new
string