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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:
  • a specific string.
  • one of the strings in an array.
StringToJSON (Function)
Converts a JSON string into a JSON variable.
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.
<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:
  • a specific string.
  • one of the 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.
Phonetic (Function)
Returns the phonetic transcription of the string passed as parameter.
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
Manipulate character 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.
Date and Time functions
List of functions for managing dates and times
Unicode in character strings
The Unicode format is an encoding system that assigns a unique number to each character.
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.
Operators on character strings
The character strings can be handled by specific WLanguage functions or by the +, [[ and ]] operators...
<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
<Image>.SaveBMP (Function)
Saves an image: in a file in BMP format. in memory....
SysStandby (Function)
Allows you to: enable and disable the standby mode (Android) display the system screen used to configure the standby mode (Universal Windows Apps)...
ExeRemoteRun (Function)
Starts running a remote program from the current application.
<Image variable>.SaveBMP (Function)
Saves an image contained in an Image variable: in a file in BMP format. in memory....
Describing a report table
To display the table description, select "Table description" in the context menu of one of the table elements...
FilePath (Property)
The FilePath property gets: the name of the xlsx file associated with a Spreadsheet control. the name of the file associated with an Image Editor control. the name of the PDF file associated with a PDF Reader control. the name of the DOCX file associated with a Word Processing control. the name of the wddiag file associated with a Diagram Editor control....
DnDEvent (Function)
Indicates the procedure to run during an event of Drag/Drop....
DnDIsDataAvailable (Function)
Checks whether a specific type of data is available during Drag/Drop....
TreeInsert (Function)
Inserts a leaf into a TreeView control at a specific position.
J2EEAddHeader (Function)
Adds a header to the next procedure that will be run on the server.
SocketCreateUDP (Function)
Creates a socket that uses the UDP protocol.
dbgStandardOutput (Function)
Writes an information into the standard output stream "stdout" (also called "console").
<Image>.SaveGIF (Function)
Saves an image: in a file in GIF format. in memory....
<Image variable>.SavePNG (Function)
Saves an image found in an Image variable: in a PNG file. in memory....
<Image variable>.SaveJPEG (Function)
Saves an image found in an Image variable: in a JPEG file. in memory....
Events associated with the project
List of events associated with the project...
<Image>.SavePNG (Function)
Saves an image: in a PNG file. in memory....
<Image>.SaveJPEG (Function)
Saves an image: in a JPEG file. in memory....
SEO of a WEBDEV site
In order for your site to get visitors, the Web users must be able to find it......
HAdd (Function)
Adds: the record found in memory into the data file (query or view). the record found in a Record variable into the data file (query or view)....
Manipulating Combo Box controls programmatically
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV allow you to programmatically manipulate Combo Box controls......
Report viewer: "Print" tab
The report viewer allows end users to view reports before printing them......
Installing and using a Bitcoin Core server
WLanguage offers various functions for handle a Bitcoin Core server......
iParameterXLS (Function)
Defines the options for the XLS file generated during the print.
Error 17: OTHER CASE must be the last statement used in SWITCH
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