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Character string: How to extract, remove and replace words?
This page presents the main operations that can be performed on a character string.
String literals: single-line and multiline strings
String literals are used to represent and manipulate data as a sequence of characters. For example, string literals can be used to display information, define a constant, etc.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
<ANSI string>.CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
WordCount (Function)
Returns the number of words in a string.
LineToPosition (Function)
Returns the position of the first character of a line in a block of text.
StringReverse (Function)
Reverses the characters of a string.
ASCIIZ string of (Variable type)
The ASCIIZ string of type is used to manipulate strings with a null character at the end, denoted by a zero (as in the C programming language).
<ANSI string>.Insert (Function)
Inserts a string into another character string at a given position.
PositionToLine (Function)
Returns the number of the line that contains a character identified by its position in a block of text.
RTFReplace (Function)
Replaces or inserts a character string in an RTF control (found in a window or in a report) or in a string in RTF (containing a text in RTF).
String (Variable type)
The String type is used to manipulate strings...
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
Length (Function)
Returns:
  • the length of a string, i.e., the number of characters in the string (including spaces and binary zeros).
  • the size of a buffer, i.e., the number of bytes in the buffer.
ExtractLine (Function)
Extracts a specific line from a character string.
UUEncode (Function)
Encodes a character string according to the UUEncode algorithm.
Functions for managing RTF controls
List of functions for managing RTF controls
gToText (Function)
Deletes the graphic elements from a character string that uses gStoredValue, gImage, ...
String of (Variable type)
The String of type is used to manipulate fixed-length strings. These strings have a null character at the end, denoted by a zero (as in the C programming language).
Unicode string on (Variable type)
The type Unicode string on is a fixed-length string containing only characters in Unicode format.
<ANSI string>.Reverse (Function)
Reverses the characters of a string.
WordToArray (Function)
Fills an array with the words from a string.
Multilingual messages: Convert to new format (version 27 and later)
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile have included multilingual project support in many previous versions...
Phonetic (Function)
Returns the phonetic transcription of the string passed as parameter.
CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
Translating programming messages
When developing a multilingual application, you can translate the different messages displayed to the user (messages displayed by Info and YesNo, for example.
<Table>.ToText (Function)
Creates a character string from the data found in a Table or TreeView Table control.
TextToXML (Function)
Converts an ANSI string to an XML string.
Pascal string of (Variable type)
The Pascal string of type corresponds to a length-prefixed string (this length is stored as a byte value). This type of variable is kept for backward compatibility.
<ANSI string>.Increment (Function)
Increments a number at the beginning or at the end of a string.
Project string manager
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile include a string management tool that allows you to view and manipulate all the strings used in the project (or in an element of the project)...
CaseSensitive (Property)
The CaseSensitive property is used to determine if the different searches performed on the item distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters (with HReadSeek, HReadSeekFirst and HReadSeekLast, for example).
AccentSensitive (Property)
The AccentSensitive property is used to determine if accented characters are taken into account in the different searches performed on the item (with HReadSeek, HReadSeekFirst and HReadSeekLast, for example).
TextToHTML (Function)
Converts text to HTML (carriage returns are replaced by <BR>, accented characters are replaced by their equivalent in HTML, etc.).
Correspondence between languages, sub-languages, character sets and nations
The table below presents the correspondence between languages, sub-languages, character sets and nations:
ocrOption (Type of variable)
The ocrOption type is used to define all the general options of the native OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system.
PunctuationSensitive (Property)
The PunctuationSensitive property is used to determine if punctuation characters (comma, period, etc.) are taken into account in the different searches performed on the item (with HReadSeek, HReadSeekFirst and HReadSeekLast, for example).
OLE DB provider for HFSQL
The OLE DB provider on HFSQL is used to access an HFSQL database (Classic or Client/Server) from an external software that manages the accesses by OLE DB......
EmailImportSource (Function)
Populates an Email variable using the content of its Source property or the different variables of the email structure using the content of the Email.Source variable.
RTFToHTML (Function)
Returns the HTML string corresponding to the specified RTF string.
Customizing the system information windows (or dialog boxes)
Your applications use several system dialog boxes? A specific skin template is used in your project? Why not customize these windows and give them the "appearance" of your application?......
xmlAttribute (Type of variable)
The xmlAttribute type is used to handle the attributes of a node in an XML document.
ContinentGet (Function)
Returns the Continent variable that corresponds to one of the following values: a continent constant (2-character continent code), a continent caption....
The Static control
A Static control is a control used to display a static text......
WLanguage
The integrated WINDEV language, WLanguage, is powerful, simple and intuitive......
Project description: Compilation tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
The "Code hashtags" pane
Limitations of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile
Input suggestions in an Edit control
Implementing input suggestions in an Edit control is very simple......
HReadSeekLast (Function)
Sets the position on the last record whose value for a specific item is less than or equal to a sought value (exact-match search).
Handling a Radio Button control programmatically
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to programmatically handle Radio Button controls......
Error 4: A space is required after the ':' character
Extracting the text of the project
The following text can be extracted......
WINDEV Mobile and SMS messages
WINDEV Mobile allows you to easily send and read SMS messages with the SMS functions of WLanguage......
Menus and menu options: Tips & Tricks
This page presents some operations specific to the menus and to the menu options......
CaptchaVerify (Function)
Checks whether the value typed by the user corresponds to the string displayed in a Captcha control.