$notw(<number> <word list>)

• If the <number> argument is omitted the empty string is returned.
• If the <number> argument is negative, <word list> is returned.
• The return value of this function is <word list> with the <number>th word omitted, counting from zero.
• Extra spaces surrounding the <number>th word will be removed.
• Remember that <word list> is a list of words.

Useful when you want to remove a word from a word list.

The <word list> argument without the <number>th word, counting from zero.

$notw(0 hello there how are you?)       returns "there how are you?"
$notw(2 hello there how are you?)       returns "hello there are you?"
$notw(-1 hello there how are you?)      returns "hello there how are you?"

This function first appeared in “plus-2” (post-ircII, pre-EPIC)