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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
AAF: Sort on the columns of a Table control
WINDEV allows the user to easily sort the columns of a Table control....
ScreenCastAllowed (Property)
The ScreenCastAllowed property is used to: find out whether the user can cast the content displayed in the Multimedia control to an external device (compatible with AirPlay), allow or prevent the user from casting the content displayed in the Multimedia control to an external device (compatible with AirPlay)....
"Preset controls" pane
The "Preset controls" pane proposes several preset controls that can be included in the current window or in the current page by "Drag and Drop"......
NotifDeleteCategory (Function)
Deletes a notification category from the application.
MenuSelectPlus (Function)
Enables a menu option (popup menu or drop-down menu).
Describing the Action Bar control
This help page presents the main aspects of the Action Bar description window......
TableAddColumn (Function)
Adds elements on the right of an Horizontal Table control.
SensorDetectChangeOrientation (Function)
Allows you to be notified when the orientation of the device changes on any one of its 3 axes.
Managing assertions
...The main available features are as follows:...
Interactive notifications
A notification is a small window that appears at the bottom right of the screen, and that can be viewed at any time in the Windows notification area......
SensorDetectChangeAcceleration (Function)
Notifies when acceleration forces are applied to the device along any of the three axes.
dbgSaveDebugDump (Function)
Saves a dump file of the application.
Error messages that can be displayed in the browser
This help page presents the different error messages that can be displayed in the browser......
FTPDateTime (Function)
Returns the different dates and times (creation, modification or access) associated with a file found on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
Creating an executable without library
When creating an executable, you can choose not to use a library or not to include all the elements of the project in the library......
Proxy (Function)
Specifies whether the communication functions that use HTTP or HTTPS must go through a proxy to execute their requests. A proxy is used to share the access to Internet between the different network computers.
Compilation statement: IF ExecutionTarget
The <IF ExecutionTarget> compile statement allows you to compile or not compile a WLanguage code depending on the execution target.
TwainToTIFF (Function)
Allows you to: save the document coming from the Twain device in a TIFF file. view the document coming from the Twain device in the user interface of device. save the document coming from the Twain device directly in memory in TIFF format (in a buffer)....
BottomIndent (Property)
The BottomIndent property gets and sets the space at the bottom of the text (bottom margin) in a control.
MemModify (Function)
Modifies an element in a memory zone.
MemAdd (Function)
Adds an element to a memory area.
TwainToGIF (Function)
Allows you to: save the document coming from the Twain device in a GIF file. view the document coming from the Twain device in the user interface of device. save the document coming from the Twain device directly in memory in GIF format (in a buffer)....
GetActiveObject (Function)
Allows to use an Automation object already started on the current computer.
Container column in a Table control
A cell found in a Table control can contain a set of controls......
NetMsgError (Function)
Returns the error message corresponding to the error number returned by NetOpenRemoteAccess and NetCloseRemoteAccess.
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