Specific wording in exception message for String methods.

libraries/stdlib/src/generated/_Filtering.kt

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public fun <T> List<T>.dropLast(n: Int): List<T> {
  * Returns a string with the last [n] characters removed.
  */
 public fun String.dropLast(n: Int): String {
-    require(n >= 0, { "Requested element count $n is less than zero." })
+    require(n >= 0, { "Requested character count $n is less than zero." })
     return take((length() - n).coerceAtLeast(0))
 }
 
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ public fun <T> Stream<T>.take(n: Int): Stream<T> {
  * Returns a string containing the first [n] characters from this string, or the entire string if this string is shorter.
  */
 public fun String.take(n: Int): String {
-    require(n >= 0, { "Requested element count $n is less than zero." })
+    require(n >= 0, { "Requested character count $n is less than zero." })
     return substring(0, Math.min(n, length()))
 }
 
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ public fun <T> List<T>.takeLast(n: Int): List<T> {
  * Returns a string containing the last [n] characters from this string, or the entire string if this string is shorter.
  */
 public fun String.takeLast(n: Int): String {
-    require(n >= 0, { "Requested element count $n is less than zero." })
+    require(n >= 0, { "Requested character count $n is less than zero." })
     val length = length()
     return substring(length - Math.min(n, length), length)
 }

libraries/tools/kotlin-stdlib-gen/src/templates/Filtering.kt

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fun filtering(): List<GenericFunction> {
         doc(Strings) { "Returns a string containing the first [n] characters from this string, or the entire string if this string is shorter."}
         body(Strings) {
             """
-            require(n >= 0, { "Requested element count $n is less than zero." })
+            require(n >= 0, { "Requested character count $n is less than zero." })
             return substring(0, Math.min(n, length()))
             """
         }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ fun filtering(): List<GenericFunction> {
         returns("String", Strings)
         body(Strings) {
             """
-            require(n >= 0, { "Requested element count $n is less than zero." })
+            require(n >= 0, { "Requested character count $n is less than zero." })
             return take((length() - n).coerceAtLeast(0))
             """
         }
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ fun filtering(): List<GenericFunction> {
         doc(Strings) { "Returns a string containing the last [n] characters from this string, or the entire string if this string is shorter."}
         body(Strings) {
             """
-            require(n >= 0, { "Requested element count $n is less than zero." })
+            require(n >= 0, { "Requested character count $n is less than zero." })
             val length = length()
             return substring(length - Math.min(n, length), length)
             """