Symbian C++: TBuf Question

Question

Hi

I have a TBuf variable in my code that looks as follows:

TBuf<100> test;
test.Copy( _L("02somestringofrandomlength"));

What I would like to do now, is to ignore the number (which takes the first two characters). Is there a nice way to extract the variable-length string from the test variable and thereby dismissing the number at the beginning?

many thanks

Answer 1

Use TDes::Right(), i.e. TPtrC right = test.Right( test.Length() - 2 );

Answer 2

Assuming it's always exactly the first 2 characters and the input length is greater than 2:

TPtrC tail = test.Mid(2);

Answer 3

Why first copy the string and then chop it, if you can copy just the part you need?

test.Copy( _L("02somestringofrandomlength") + 2 );