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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
Customizing the WEBDEV User Groupware
The groupware in automatic mode offers several possibilities......
WEBDEV concepts
Project Management Hub: Overview
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery......
User Groupware
A Windows application, an Internet or Intranet site require to define the role of different contributors......
Translating a text file with WDTRAD
Project Management Hub: Managing tasks
The Project Management Hub allows you to define the different tasks assigned to each project contributor......
HRetrieveLog (Function)
Creates a text file containing the server logs between two given dates.
Accessing Lotus Notes
WINDEV and WINDEV allow you to easily access the data handled by Lotus Notes (Domino database)......
MessTranslate (Function)
Retrieves a message found in the code of a program in the current language.
Miscellaneous Windows constants
List of constants used by the Windows functions....
Other operators
The following are additional operators......
MouseCursor (Property)
The MouseCursor property is used to identify and change the hover cursor defined for a control, window or page.
WINDEV concepts
MenuLabel (Function)
Gets or changes the label of a menu option (context or drop-down menu).
HBuildKeyValue (Function)
Builds the value of a composite key to implement a filter (HFilter) or to perform a search (HReadSeekFirst, HReadSeekLast, etc.).
Aligning elements in a List Box or Combo Box control
There are different methods to align the elements in a List Box or Combo Box control......
Native xBase/FoxPro Connector
WINDEV and WEBDEV propose a Native xBase/FoxPro Connector (or Native xBase/FoxPro Access) module......
Extended (Property)
Extended is used to: Find out whether a Font variable is extended. Extend (or not) a Font variable. This property is kept for backward compatibility....
Native PostgreSQL Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a PostgreSQL database with Native Connector (also called Native Access), the structure of PostgreSQL tables must be imported into the WINDEV or WEBDEV analysis......
Large (Property)
Large is used to: Find out whether a Font variable is enlarged. Enlarge (or not) a Font variable. This property is kept for backward compatibility....
Converting C types
Depending on the type of programming, it may be useful to know the correspondence between the types used in C and the types used in WLanguage......
DisplayMask (Property)
The DisplayMask property is used to: Find out the display mask. Modify the display mask. This display mask is displayed when the control is in read-only or when the control does not have focus....
LDAPFind (Function)
Performs a search in an LDAP server.
ExecutionMode (Function)
Allows you to: find out and/or modify the behavior of the application or site when some errors are generated. optimize the calls to the functions declared externally. find out and/or change how the application uses JITc. find out and/or modify the management mode of low references for all the instantiated objects....
Condensed (Property)
The Condensed property is used to: Determine whether a Font variable is condensed. Condense a Font variable. This property is kept for backward compatibility....
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