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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
Organization Chart: Displaying a manufacturing process
An Organization Chart control can be used to display a diagram. It can be used, for example, to display the different steps of a process.
MonthNumberInAlpha (Function)
Returns the name of the month according to its number.
InitialAnimation (Property)
The InitialAnimation property determines whether the animation of an Image, Button, Static or Carousel control is enabled when the control is created.
ScrollValue (Property)
The ScrollValue property gets and sets the scroll value.
LabelNumberToStart (Property)
The LabelNumberToStart property is used to: Find out the number of the label on the label sheet from which the print will be performed. Modify the number of the label from which the print will be performed on the label sheet....
ChangeSeparator (Function)
Changes the value of the separators (decimal separator or thousand separator) used in the numeric masks for internationalization.
DateTimeUTCToLocal (Function)
Converts a UTC date and time to local time (time zone, summer time, winter time).
XMLSavePosition (Function)
Stores the current position in the XML document.
The setup editor WDInst
WDInst is a setup editor used to define the setup parameters of your application......
Time management help
Time management is extremely important......
iPrintDuplicate (Function)
Prints a duplicate copy of a report.
TwainToPDF (Function)
Allows you to: save the document coming from the Twain device in a PDF 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 PDF format (in a buffer)....
DayNumberInAlpha (Function)
Returns the name of the day of the week according to its number.
CameraDisplay (Function)
Displays the video being captured by a web camera or by the camera of a mobile device in a "Camera" control. Function kept for "Version-26-compatible" Camera controls....
WDADMINEXE: User characteristics
From the server, the "Users" tab of WDADMINEXE allows you to get......
HSortView (Function)
Sorts an HFSQL view by creating an index on a view item. This function uses the former view mechanism.
grGradient (Function)
Enables or disables the display of color gradients in a chart.
NetConnect (Function)
Connects to an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or RPC (Remote Procedure Call) server powered by WINDEV. This function is kept for backward compatibility....
OrientationTitle (Property)
The OrientationTitle property is used to: Find out if the title of an Table control column (or all Table control columns) are tilted.. Tilt or not the title of an Table control column (or of all Table control columns)....
GPSStopDetection (Function)
Stops the location detection triggered by GPSDetectPosition.
WEBDEV administrator: Installed Webservices
The "Webservices" tab gives information about the dynamic WEBDEV Webservices installed on the computer......
Inserting an image or video into a help page
It can be useful to use images or videos in help pages to explain the actions to be done, indicate which buttons must be used, etc....
Print constants
List of constants used by the print functions....
ThreadPersistent (Function)
Makes a thread persistent.
grSaveWMF (Function)
Saves a chart that was drawn beforehand in WMF format.
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