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Character string management functions

Constants for managing character strings

Constant	Description	Used by

Versions 17 and later BigEndian New in version 17 BigEndian BigEndian	Groups values in big-endian format.	Versions 17 and later BufferToHexa New in version 17 BufferToHexa BufferToHexa
ccIgnoreAccent	Compares strings ignoring accented characters. Removes accents from a string.	StringCompare, StringStartsWith, StringEndsWith, SortOption property Versions 22 and later StringSplit New in version 22 StringSplit StringSplit, StringFormat
ccIgnoreCase	Compares strings ignoring the case (uppercase/lowercase characters).	StringCompare, StringStartsWith, StringEndsWith, SortOption property
Versions 20 and later ccIgnoreInsideSpace New in version 20 ccIgnoreInsideSpace ccIgnoreInsideSpace	Compares strings ignoring spaces within the strings. Removes spaces within the strings.	StringCompare, StringStartsWith, StringEndsWith StringFormat
ccIgnorePonctuationAndSpace	Compares strings ignoring spaces and punctuation characters. Removes spaces and punctuation characters.	StringCompare, StringStartsWith, StringEndsWith, SortOption property Versions 22 and later StringSplit New in version 22 StringSplit StringSplit, StringFormat
ccIgnoreSpace	Compares strings ignoring leading and trailing spaces. Removes leading and trailing spaces from the string.	StringCompare, StringStartsWith, StringEndsWith, SortOption property Versions 22 and later StringSplit New in version 22 StringSplit StringSplit, StringFormat
ccLexicographicOrder	Compares strings in lexicographical order (for example, 'é' is between 'e' and 'f').	StringCompare, SortOption property
ccLowCase	Converts the string to lowercase characters.	StringFormat Versions 22 and later StringSplit New in version 22 StringSplit StringSplit
ccNormal	Standard comparison, similar to comparison operators such as <, <=, >, >=, =, etc.	StringCompare, StringStartsWith, StringEndsWith, StringFormat, SortOption property, Versions 22 and later StringSplit, New in version 22 StringSplit, StringSplit,
ccRespectNumeric	Compares strings taking into account the numeric values within the strings (in this case, "10" comes after "9").	StringCompare
ccUpCase	Converts the string to uppercase characters (including accented characters).	StringFormat Versions 22 and later StringSplit New in version 22 StringSplit StringSplit
Versions 17 and later ctAccent New in version 17 ctAccent ctAccent	Type of characters to find: Accented characters or characters with diacritical marks.	Versions 17 and later CharactTypeCount, CharactType New in version 17 CharactTypeCount, CharactType CharactTypeCount, CharactType
Versions 17 and later ctAlpha New in version 17 ctAlpha ctAlpha	Type of characters to find: Letters.	Versions 17 and later CharactTypeCount, CharactType New in version 17 CharactTypeCount, CharactType CharactTypeCount, CharactType
Versions 17 and later ctLowercase New in version 17 ctLowercase ctLowercase	Type of characters to find: Lowercase characters.	Versions 17 and later CharactTypeCount, CharactType New in version 17 CharactTypeCount, CharactType CharactTypeCount, CharactType
Versions 17 and later ctNumeric New in version 17 ctNumeric ctNumeric	Type of characters to find: Numeric characters.	Versions 17 and later CharactTypeCount, CharactType New in version 17 CharactTypeCount, CharactType CharactTypeCount, CharactType
Versions 17 and later ctPunctuation New in version 17 ctPunctuation ctPunctuation	Type of characters to find: Punctuation characters.	Versions 17 and later CharactTypeCount, CharactType New in version 17 CharactTypeCount, CharactType CharactTypeCount, CharactType
Versions 17 and later ctSpace New in version 17 ctSpace ctSpace	Type of characters to find: Spaces.	Versions 17 and later CharactTypeCount, CharactType New in version 17 CharactTypeCount, CharactType CharactTypeCount, CharactType
Versions 17 and later ctUppercase New in version 17 ctUppercase ctUppercase	Type of characters to find: Uppercase characters.	Versions 17 and later CharactTypeCount, CharactType New in version 17 CharactTypeCount, CharactType CharactTypeCount, CharactType
durationCenti	Format of the duration to convert: "+DHHMMSSCC"	StringToDuration, DurationToString
durationMilli	Format of the duration to convert: "+DHHMMSSCCC"	StringToDuration, DurationToString
firstRank	Starts searching for substrings separated by the specified separators from the beginning of the string.	ExtractString, PositionOccurrence
FromBeginning	Searches from the beginning of the string.	ExtractString, Versions 19 and later StringIncrement, New in version 19 StringIncrement, StringIncrement, Position, PositionOccurrence, CommonLength
FromEnd	Searches from the end of the string.	ExtractString, Versions 19 and later StringIncrement, New in version 19 StringIncrement, StringIncrement, Position, PositionOccurrence, CommonLength
IgnoreCase	Searches ignoring the case (uppercase/lowercase characters).	StringCount, Position, PositionOccurrence, Replace, CommonLength Versions 22 and later DocSeek, DocReplace New in version 22 DocSeek, DocReplace DocSeek, DocReplace
lastRank	Starts searching for substrings separated by the specified separators from the end of the string.	ExtractString, PositionOccurrence
nextRank	Continues the search started with firstRank.	ExtractString, PositionOccurrence
Versions 23 and later NoGrouping New in version 23 NoGrouping NoGrouping	Number of bytes per word: no grouping will be done. All hexadecimal codes will have no spaces. Example: 61002345A1.	BufferToHexa
Versions 23 and later NoLine New in version 23 NoLine NoLine	Number of bytes before moving to the next line: all bytes will be on the same line.	BufferToHexa
Versions 18 and later numberOfCharactersToDelete New in version 18 numberOfCharactersToDelete numberOfCharactersToDelete	Truncate method: Specifies the number of characters to remove.	Versions 18 and later Truncate New in version 18 Truncate Truncate
Versions 18 and later numberOfCharactersToStore New in version 18 numberOfCharactersToStore numberOfCharactersToStore	Truncate method: Specifies the number of characters to keep.	Versions 18 and later Truncate New in version 18 Truncate Truncate
previousRank	Continues the search started with lastRank.	ExtractString, PositionOccurrence
Versions 22 and later psdFormatting New in version 22 psdFormatting psdFormatting	JSON formatting options: the JSON string is generated with carriage returns and tabs.	VariantToJSON
Versions 24 and later psdMinified New in version 24 psdMinified psdMinified	JSON formatting options: the JSON string is generated by removing unnecessary spaces.	Serialize, VariantToJSON
sizeB	Size converted to bytes.	LengthToString
sizeGB	Size converted to gigabytes.	LengthToString
sizeKB	Size converted to kilobytes.	LengthToString
sizeMB	Size converted to megabytes.	LengthToString
sizeTB	Size converted to terabytes.	LengthToString
sortDefault	Performs a case-insensitive and accent-insensitive sort. Ignores spaces.	SortOption property
sortWithoutFunctionGxxx	Sorts elements while ignoring gImage, gStoredValue, etc.	SortOption property
srASCIIZAddress	The format of the string to retrieve is an integer that contains the address of an ASCIIZ string.	StringRetrieve
srUNICODEAddress	The format of the string to retrieve is an integer that contains the address of a Unicode string.	StringRetrieve
Versions 20 and later sscAll New in version 20 sscAll sscAll	Removes all specified spaces or characters from the initial string. Equivalent to sscRight + sscLeft + sscInside.	NoCharacter, NoSpace
Versions 20 and later sscInside New in version 20 sscInside sscInside	Removes specified spaces or characters within the initial string.	NoCharacter, NoSpace
Versions 20 and later sscLeft New in version 20 sscLeft sscLeft	Removes specified spaces or characters from the beginning of the initial string.	NoCharacter, NoSpace
Versions 20 and later sscOutside New in version 20 sscOutside sscOutside	Removes specified spaces or characters from the beginning and end of the initial string. Equivalent to sscRight + sscLeft.	NoCharacter, NoSpace
Versions 20 and later sscRight New in version 20 sscRight sscRight	Removes specified spaces or characters from the end of the initial string.	NoCharacter, NoSpace
Versions 19 and later urlDomain New in version 19 urlDomain urlDomain	URL section to extract: Domain of the URL.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlFragment New in version 19 urlFragment urlFragment	URL section to extract: Fragment of the URL (anchor in a document).	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlPassword New in version 19 urlPassword urlPassword	URL section to extract: Password of the user in the URL.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlPort New in version 19 urlPort urlPort	URL section to extract: Port of the URL.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlProtocol New in version 19 urlProtocol urlProtocol	URL section to extract: Protocol of the URL.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlRequest New in version 19 urlRequest urlRequest	URL section to extract: Request of the URL.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlResourceExtension New in version 19 urlResourceExtension urlResourceExtension	URL section to extract: Extension of the URL resource.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlResourceName New in version 19 urlResourceName urlResourceName	URL section to extract: Name of the URL resource.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlResourcePath New in version 19 urlResourcePath urlResourcePath	URL section to extract: Path of the URL resource.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
Versions 19 and later urlUser New in version 19 urlUser urlUser	URL section to extract: Name of the user in the URL.	Versions 19 and later URLExtractPath New in version 19 URLExtractPath URLExtractPath
WholeWord	Searches for a whole word, i.e., between punctuation characters or spaces.	StringCount, Position, PositionOccurrence, Replace, CommonLength Versions 22 and later DocSeek, DocReplace New in version 22 DocSeek, DocReplace DocSeek, DocReplace
WithDuplicates	Allows duplicates in an associative array.	Associative array
WithoutDuplicates	Does not allow duplicates in an associative array.	Associative array

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Character string management functions

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