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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:
  • 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
HExtractMemo (Function)
Extracts the content of a binary memo item from an HFSQL file, a query or an HFSQL view to a physical file (on disk).
TableInsertColumn (Function)
Inserts elements in the format of columns into a horizontal Table control.
DnDCacheData (Function)
Indicates the type of data and the data to copy/move during Drag/Drop....
grMenuOption (Function)
Modifies the text of an option in the context menu of a chart.
Migrating a WEBDEV site to PHP
To migrate a WEBDEV site to PHP......
List,Insert (External language)
Inserts an element at the given index of a drop-down or expanded list.
TitleColor (Property)
The TitleColor property is used to: get the text color of a column title in a Table or TreeView Table control. set the text color of the title of one or all columns in a Table or TreeView Table control....
gpwAddAuthLogin (Function)
Adds a login button (Facebook, Google, Microsoft, etc.) in the login window or page.
HCheckMemo (Function)
Checks the structural integrity of memos in an HFSQL data file.
WEBDEV administrator: Advanced configuration
The "Advanced" tab is used to configure the advanced features at server level......
Scroll (Property)
The Scroll property gets and sets the scroll value in a Scrollbar or Range Slider control.
spHash (Property)
The spHash property is used to: Get the algorithm used for salting an item of type "Password". This property can be used for items of type "Password" defined in the data model editor or programmatically. Set the algorithm used for salting (only for "Password" items described programmatically)....
Creating a report
The report editor allows you to easily create all types of reports via a wizard......
ServiceStart (Function)
Starts a service.
DisplayFormat (Property)
The DisplayFormat property gets and sets the expected display format for a given text: plain text, RTF or Markdown.
LooperSort (Function)
Allows you to: Sort a Looper control according to one or more attributes. Sort a Looper control on all its attributes. Cancel a sort that was performed beforehand (which means ignore the sort)....
fSelectDir (Function)
Opens a directory picker.
FTPRenameFile (Function)
Renames or moves a file found on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
FTPMakeDir (Function)
Creates a directory on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
FTPRemoveDir (Function)
Deletes a directory and its content (files and sub-directories) from an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
FTPDeleteFile (Function)
Deletes a file from an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
spLength (Property)
The spLength property is used to: Get the hash output length. This property can be used for items of type "Password" defined in the data model editor or programmatically. Set the hash output length (only for "Password" items defined programmatically)....
Characteristics of the columns in a Table control in a window
The columns are used to display information in a Table control......
spDerivation (Property)
The spDerivation property is used to: Get the key derivation function used to hash an item of type "Password". This property can be used for items of type "Password" defined in the data model editor or programmatically. Set the key derivation function used for hashing (only for "Password" items defined programmatically)....
Configuring the "fax server" computer
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to manage faxes via the system fax server, available in Windows XP and Windows 2000......
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