strslice.nim

template cutRight(s: string, charsToCut: int): typed =
    s[0..^(charsToCut + 1)]

echo cutRight("Hello World", 6)

#[
>nim c -r strslice.nim
Hint: used config file 'C:\Program Files\Nim\config\nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: used config file 'C:\Users\Fredrik\AppData\Roaming\nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: strslice [Processing]
strslice.nim(4, 14) template/generic instantiation from here
strslice.nim(2, 8) template/generic instantiation from here
lib\system.nim(3764, 8) Error: no surrounding array access context for '^'
]#