# RemoveChars (String str, StringCharsToRemove)

| **Name**    | ***RemoveChars***                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax      | RemoveChars (String str, String charsToRemove)                                                                                                                                                                |
| Purpose     | To remove all occurrences of any character specified in charsToRemove parameter.                                                                                                                              |
| Description | Returns resulting string after removing the specified characters.                                                                                                                                             |
| Return Type | String                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Parameters  | <p>Str \[System.String] – String to remove characters from</p><p>charsToRemove \[System.String] – String containing characters to be removed. Any character found in this string will be removed from str</p> |

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(77\).png)

**Example**

In this example, we are passing the required parameters to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.

Where,

*str =* abcabcabcabc

*charsToRemove* = c

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(78\).png)

Right-click on the function transformation object and select *Preview Output.* You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned a string with all occurrences of the specified string removed.

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(78\).png)