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-{{draft task}}
+{{draft task}}[[Category:String manipulation]]
 The task is to demonstrate how to remove the first and last characters from a string. The solution should demonstrate how to obtain the following results:
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 * String with last character removed
 * String with both the first and last characters removed
-=={{header|ZX Spectrum Basic}}==
-<lang zxbasic>10 PRINT FN f$("knight"): REM strip the first letter
-PRINT FN l$("socks"): REM strip the last letter
-PRINT FN b$("brooms"): REM strip both the first and last letter
-STOP
-DEF FN f$(a$)=a$(2 TO LEN(a$))
-DEF FN l$(a$)=a$(1 TO LEN(a$)-(1 AND (LEN(a$)>=1)))
-DEF FN b$(a$)=FN l$(FN f$(a$)) </lang>
 =={{header|Perl}}==
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 room</pre>
+=={{header|ZX Spectrum Basic}}==
-[[Category:String manipulation]]
+<lang zxbasic>10 PRINT FN f$("knight"): REM strip the first letter
+PRINT FN l$("socks"): REM strip the last letter
+PRINT FN b$("brooms"): REM strip both the first and last letter
+STOP
+DEF FN f$(a$)=a$(2 TO LEN(a$))
+DEF FN l$(a$)=a$(1 TO LEN(a$)-(1 AND (LEN(a$)>=1)))
+DEF FN b$(a$)=FN l$(FN f$(a$)) </lang>