String Functions
Function
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Description
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UTF-8 equivalent
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Asc
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Returns the ASCII code of a character in a string.
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String.Code
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Base64
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Encode a string in Base64.
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-
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Chr
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Returns a character from its ASCII code.
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String.Chr
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Comp
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Compares two strings.
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String.Comp
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FromBase64
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Decode a Base64 string.
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-
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FromHtml
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Return the text contents of an HTML string.
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-
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FromUrl
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Decode an URL.
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-
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Html
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Quotes a string so that it is valid HMTL.
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-
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InStr
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Searches a string into another string.
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String.InStr
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LCase
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Converts a string to lowercase.
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String.LCase
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Left
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Returns the first characters of a string.
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String.Left
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Len
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Returns the length of a string.
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String.Len
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LTrim
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Strips white spaces from the left of a string.
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-
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Mid
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Returns a part of a string.
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String.Mid
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NInStr
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Returns the number of occurrence of a string into another string.
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String.NInStr
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Quote
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Quotes a string.
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-
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Replace
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Replaces in a string a substring by another one.
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-
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Right
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Returns the last characters of a string.
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String.Right
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RInStr
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Searches a string into another string from its right.
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String.RInStr
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RTrim
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Strips white spaces from the right of a string.
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-
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Scan
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Splits a string against a regular expression pattern.
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-
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Space
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Returns a string containing only space.
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-
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Split
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Splits a string into substrings.
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-
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String
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Returns the same string concatenated many times.
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-
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Subst
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Substitutes strings in a pattern.
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-
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Tokenize
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Splits a string into tokens and returns them.
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-
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Trim
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Strips white spaces from a string.
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-
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UCase
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Converts a string to uppercase.
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String.UCase
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UnBase64
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Decode a Base64 string.
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-
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Url
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Encode an URL.
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-
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UnQuote
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Unquotes a string.
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-
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Most of these functions only deal with ASCII strings. To manipulate UTF-8 strings,
use the UTF-8 equivalent method of the
String class indicated in the third column.
If no UTF-8 equivalent function is indicated, then the ASCII function also works with UTF-8 strings.
See also