Forums Scripts & Popups remove the last character of a string

hi
say %hello is the string 'hello!', i want to remove the last character i.e. the ! how would i go about doing this.

thanks in advance
puns

//echo -a $left(hello!,-1)

$left(%hello,-1)

is there a better way to script $right($1-,$calc($len($1-) - 3)) ?

U mean $mid($1-,4) ?

$right($1-, -3)

indeed $rigth($1-,-3)
I think I get the negative values thing now. Thanks!

Umm $right($1-,-3) is the same as $mid($1-,4) heh, just a tad shorter