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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.
Functions for managing RTF controls
List of functions for managing RTF controls
<Table>.ToText (Function)
Creates a character string from the data found in a Table or TreeView Table control.
CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
TableToText (Function)
Creates a character string from the data found in a Table or TreeView Table control.
StringDeleteDuplicate (Function)
Removes duplicates among substrings of a string, based on one or more separators.
<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.
StringToJSON (Function)
Converts a JSON string into a JSON variable.
<ANSI string>.DeleteDuplicate (Function)
Removes duplicates among substrings of a string, based on one or more separators.
TimeToString (Function)
Converts a time to a string in the specified format.
FOR ALL/FOR EACH statement (browse of strings)
The FOR EACH statement is used to browse strings according to different methods...
<ANSI string>.Increment (Function)
Increments a number at the beginning or at the end of a string.
XMLToText (Function)
Converts a character string in XML format into a standard character string.
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.
String functions (prefix syntax)
The following functions are used to handle strings, using prefix syntax:
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.
RTFInsert (Function)
Inserts a character string in RTF into the content of an RTF control (found in a window or in a report) or into the content of a character string in RTF.
MatchRegularExpression (Function)
Checks whether a character string matches a specific format and retrieves the different substrings that match the format.
JSONToString (Function)
Converts the content of a JSON variable to a JSON string.
iPrintWord (Function)
Sends the character string passed in parameter to the print buffer.
NoAccent (Function)
Converts accented characters in a string to non-accented characters.
NoRightCharacter (Function)
Returns a string after removing the specified characters from the right side of the initial string.
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.
StringEndsWith (Function)
Checks whether a character string ends with:
  • with a specific character string.
  • with one of the character strings in an array.
<Type Buffer>Decode (Function)
Decodes a character string that was encoded by Encode.
StringIncrement (Function)
Increments a number at the beginning or at the end of a string.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
fFind (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
Decode (Function)
Decodes a character string that was encoded by Encode.
RTFAdd (Function)
Adds a character string (in RTF or not) at the end of RTF edit control, RTF control in a report or character string containing a text in RTF.
Middle (Function)
Extracts:
  • a substring from a string starting at a specified position.
  • part of a buffer starting at a specified position.
Functions for managing Dates and Times (prefix syntax)
List of functions for managing dates and times
Handling strings
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV allow you to perform different types of operations on character strings via the WLanguage functions...
UUDecode (Function)
Decodes a character string in UUEncode format.
Hash functions
Hashing is used to summarize a file or a character string...
Encode (Function)
Encodes a character string or a buffer. To decode the result, simply use Decode.
<ANSI string>.CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
PositionOccurrence (Function)
Finds the Xth position of a string within another string.
Truncate (Function)
Truncates the right part of a string or buffer.
<Type Buffer>Encode (Function)
Encodes a character string or a buffer. To decode the result, simply use Decode.
Operators on character strings
The character strings can be handled by specific WLanguage functions or by the +, [[ and ]] operators...
Date and Time functions
List of functions for managing dates and times
RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
Position (Function)
Finds the position of a specified string within another string.
NoLeftCharacter (Function)
Returns a string after removing the specified characters from the left side of the initial string.
Unicode in character strings
The Unicode format is an encoding system that assigns a unique number to each character.
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
<Unicode string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
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.
NoCharacter (Function)
Returns a string after removing the specified leading and trailing characters.
<ANSI string>.Insert (Function)
Inserts a string into another character string at a given position.
<ANSI string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
Multilingual messages: Convert to new format (version 27 and later)
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile have included multilingual project support in many previous versions...
StringInsert (Function)
Inserts a string into another character string at a given position.
<JSON variable>.ToString (Function)
Converts the content of a JSON variable to a JSON string.
CommonLength (Function)
Returns the number of common characters between two strings (from the beginning or from the end of the string).
fAddText (Function)
Adds the content of a character string at the end of a file.
String functions
List of functions for managing character strings
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user......
Compound statements
FillCharacter
The Property Filling Character allows you to know and modify the character used to fill an element.
2. Variables
WINDEV Tutorial: WLanguage basics Lesson 2 - Variables - 20 min
Charset (Property)
The Charset property is used to: Get the character set used by a Font variable. Change the character set used by a Font variable. Get the character set used by an HFSQL data file....
gFontUnderlined (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters to specify whether or not the text that follows the call to this function is underlined.
Various constants
List of various constants used by the constants WINDEV functions....
Comparison operators
The comparison operators can be divided into several categories......
GetGUID (Function)
Calculates a globally unique identifier (named "GUID"), whose size is: equal to 16 bytes, which means 32 hexadecimal characters. equal to 32 bytes, which means 64 hexadecimal characters....
LineToPosition (Function)
Returns the position of the first character of a line in a block of text.
CharacterSpacing (Property)
The CharacterSpacing property gets and sets the spacing between characters.
gFontBold (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to specify whether the text that follows the call to this function is in bold or not.
gFontStrikeout (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to specify whether the text that follows the call to this function is crossed out or not.
geoPosition (Type of variable)
The geoPosition type is used to handle geographic positions via WLanguage geolocation functions.
Input (Function)
Displays a message allowing the user to type an information.
gFontItalic (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to specify whether or not the text that follows the call to this function is in italic type.
PositionToLine (Function)
Returns the number of the line that contains a character identified by its position in a block of text.
gBackground (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to define the display color (background color of a text, circle, rectangle, ...).
gFont (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters describing the font that will be used for the text.
The Time control: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose two types of masks......
The Date edit control: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV propose two types of masks......
BurnerSave (Function)
Burns the files found in the compilation onto the CD or DVD.
The Duration control: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose two types of masks......
gPen (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to describe the color of the text and/or the color of the shape outline (rectangle or circle)....
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