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Version: 2025
Character string: How do I extract, delete or replace words?
This page presents the main operations that can be performed on a character string.
JSONToString (Function)
Converts the content of a JSON variable to a JSON string.
LineToPosition (Function)
Returns the position of the first character of a line in a block of text.
CommonLength (Function)
Returns the number of common characters between two strings (from the beginning or from the end of the 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.
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.
Unicode in character strings
The Unicode format is an encoding system that assigns a unique number to each character.
NoCharacter (Function)
Returns a string after removing the specified leading and trailing characters.
<ANSI string>.CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
WordCount (Function)
Returns the number of words in a string.
String functions (prefix syntax)
The following functions are used to handle strings, using prefix syntax:
StringIncrement (Function)
Increments a number at the beginning or at the end of a string.
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.
StringToJSON (Function)
Converts a JSON string into a JSON variable.
PositionToLine (Function)
Returns the number of the line that contains a character identified by its position in a block of text.
Position (Function)
Finds the position of a specified string within another string.
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...
FOR ALL/FOR EACH statement (browse of strings)
The FOR EACH statement is used to browse strings according to different methods...
PositionOccurrence (Function)
Finds the Xth position of a string within another string.
Phonetic (Function)
Returns the phonetic transcription of the string passed as parameter.
<ANSI string>.EndsWith (Function)
Checks whether a character string ends with:
  • with a specific character string.
  • with one of the character strings in an array.
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.
<Unicode string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
UUEncode (Function)
Encodes a character string according to the UUEncode algorithm.
ExtractStringBetween (Function)
Allows you to:
  • extract a substring between two given separators from a character string.
  • search for substrings between two given separators in a character string.
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).
<JSON variable>.ToString (Function)
Converts the content of a JSON variable to a JSON string.
NoAccent (Function)
Converts accented characters in a string to non-accented characters.
Unicode string on (Variable type)
The type Unicode string on is a fixed-length string containing only characters in Unicode format.
Truncate (Function)
Truncates the right part of a string or buffer.
StringDelete (Function)
Deletes:
  • all the occurrences of a substring within a string.
  • part of a string within another string. The part of the string to remove is identified by its position and length.
<ANSI string>.Reverse (Function)
Reverses the characters of a string.
WordToArray (Function)
Fills an array with the words from a string.
MatchRegularExpression (Function)
Checks whether a character string matches a specific format and retrieves the different substrings that match the format.
StringInsert (Function)
Inserts a string into another character string at a given position.
Multilingual messages: Convert to new format (version 27 and later)
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile have included multilingual project support in many previous versions...
StringEndsWith (Function)
Checks whether a character string ends with:
  • with a specific character string.
  • with one of the character strings in an array.
CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
<ANSI string>.DeleteDuplicate (Function)
Removes duplicates among substrings of a string, based on one or more separators.
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.
StringDeleteDuplicate (Function)
Removes duplicates among substrings of a string, based on one or more separators.
<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.
<ANSI string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
String functions
List of functions for managing character strings
Middle (Function)
Extracts:
  • a substring from a string starting at a specified position.
  • part of a buffer starting at a specified position.
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
NoLeftCharacter (Function)
Returns a string after removing the specified characters from the left side of the initial string.
RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
Operators on character strings
The character strings can be handled by specific WLanguage functions or by the +, [[ and ]] operators...
<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)...
NoRightCharacter (Function)
Returns a string after removing the specified characters from the right side of the initial string.
Manipulate character strings
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV allow you to perform different types of operations on character strings via the WLanguage functions...
Assignment operators
Three assignment operators are available......
Advanced dialog boxes
The advanced dialog boxes are windows allowing you to communicate with the user......
Keyboard shortcuts
The main keyboard shortcuts in the editors are as follows......
How to populate a Table control programmatically?
This help page presents the different methods that can be used to populate a Table control programmatically....
User Groupware files
Two categories of data files are managed......
Merge (Property)
The Merge property is used to merge the cells of a Table or TreeView Table control.
Handling Ribbon controls programmatically
WINDEV allows you to programmatically handle Ribbon controls, as well as their tabs and groups....
HTML Editor control constants
Used to find out whether the application is started in "simulator test mode" from WINDEV Mobile....
Alias (Property)
The Alias property is used to: get or change the alias of a window (WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile). get or change the alias of a dynamic tab (WINDEV). get the internal HTML/JavaScript name of a control (WEBDEV)....
AppleRequestTrackingAuthorizationAsynchronous (Function)
Displays the permission request for user activity tracking.
Word Processing constants
The following constants are used by the functions for managing the Word Processing control:...
InsertLine (Function)
Inserts a row at a given position: into a two-dimensional WLanguage array. into an advanced two-dimensional array property (xlsDocument, etc.)....
Multiline (Property)
In a window or page, the Multiline property is used to: find out and modify the "Multiline" option of an Edit control. find out and modify the "Multiline" option of a column in a Table control. In a report, the Multiline property is used to determine and change the "Multiline" option of a control....
Creating an application that manages the Euro
The method for creating an application supporting the switch to the Euro is as simple as the method for creating a WINDEV application....
dTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text: in an Image control, in an Image variable, in a WDPic variable (on the background layer), in a picLayer variable]....
Configuring the Apache server (1.3.x and 2.0.x)
WEBDEV Development: Configuring the Apache 1.3.x or 2.0.x server for the CGI protocol and for the WEBDEV sites....
Using WDMSG
The different steps for translating the project messages with WDMSG are as follows:...
Currencies
A currency is a real coded on 10 bytes....
Type (Property)
The Type property is used to get: the type of element (data file or item) defined programmatically or in the data model editor, view or query. the type of object. the type of data held in a Variant....
docTableOfContents (Type of variable)
The docTableOfContents type is used to define all the options to generate a table of contents in a Word Processing document.
Interacting with the user
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to communicate with the user via dialog boxes......
Reading bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create applications for reading bar codes......
Adapting a website to support multiple languages
WEBDEV Tutorial - Managing multiple languages in a website Adapting a website to support multiple languages - 50 min
Operations available for the dates, times and durations, ...
The following operations are available for the following types of variables......
TableSort (Function)
Sorts a Table or TreeView Table control on one or more columns (lexicographical sort).
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