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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
Project Management Hub: Dashboard
The Project Management Hub groups all the details of the projects in a dashboard......
Easter (Function)
Returns the date of Easter for the specified year according to the western Christian calendar.
Configuring Automatic Update
Automatic Update is an application that allows you to automatically or manually update the different PC SOFT products you own......
SNMP constants
List of constants used by the SNMP functions....
pdfPage (Type of variable)
The pdfPage type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a page from a PDF document loaded in memory.
ExtendedInfo (Property)
The ExtendedInfo property is used to get additional information: about a data file accessed by a Native Connector or HFSQL Client/Server. about an item accessed by a Native Connector or HFSQL Client/Server. about a connection. In this case, this property is equivalent to CtExtendedInfo....
DnDGetData (Function)
Retrieves a specific type of data during Drag/Drop....
TableInsertLine (Function)
Inserts a row into: a Table control, a TreeView Table control....
H.SQLServerMode (Variable)
Allows you to specify the version of the Native SQL Server Connector that will be used.
Encryption (Property)
The Encryption property allows you to manage the type of encryption used between Client computers and an HFSQL server.
SchedulerTaskProperties (Function)
Reads the properties of a scheduled task and updates the ScheduledTask structure.
TableAddLine (Function)
Adds a row in: a Table control, a TreeView Table control....
APIConfigure (Function)
Modifies the options for calling API and CallDLL32.
StoreFilterAAF (Property)
The StoreFilterAAF property is used to determine and specify if the filters set by the user on a Table or TreeView table control are saved when an application is closed and opened again.
Android Control Center
Do you know where to find your application log files?...
Compile (Function)
Dynamically compiles an Procedure whose source code is provided (dynamic compilation).
Use WebSockets with the WebSocket server
The WebSocket protocol provides a communication channel over a TCP socket for browsers and Web servers......
6. Procedures
WINDEV Tutorial - WLanguage basics Lesson 6 - Procedures - 20 min
User login: User Groupware
WINDEV Tutorial: User Groupware User login: User Groupware - 20 mn
SpreadsheetSortSelection (Function)
Sorts the values selected in a Spreadsheet control.
Push notification: Android configuration (Firebase)
From WINDEV Mobile 22 Update 1 (version 220052), the Push notifications in Android are using the Firebase platform (instead of Google Cloud Messaging)......
TableSortChild (Function)
Sorts a branch in a TreeView Table control on one or more columns.
ServiceInfo (Function)
Returns information regarding the configuration of a service.
VolumePhysicalButton (Function)
Identifies or modifies the sound source associated with the physical buttons used to set the volume of the device.
OOP concepts
A class contains the description of a data structure (members) and the processes (methods) that handle this structure....
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