StringHandling Routines - 6.3

ALPHA

checks whether the expression is arranged in alphabetical order. Returns the true or false boolean accordingly.

StringHandling.ALPHA("string to be checked")

IS_ALPHA

checks whether the expression contains alphabetical characters only, or otherwise. Returns the true or false boolean accordingly.

StringHandling.IS_ALPHA("string to be checked")

CHANGE

replaces an element of a string with a defined replacement element and returns the new string.

StringHandling.CHANGE("string to be checked", "string to be replaced","replacement string")

COUNT

Returns the number of times a substring occurs within a string.

StringHandling.COUNT("string to be checked", "substring to be counted")

DOWNCASE

converts all uppercase letters in an expression into lowercase and returns the new string.

StringHandling.DOWNCASE("string to be converted")

UPCASE

converts all lowercase letters in an expression into uppercase and returns the new string.

StringHandling.UPCASE("string to be converted")

DQUOTE

encloses an expression in double quotation marks.

StringHandling.DQUOTE("string to be enclosed in double quotation marks")

INDEX

returns the position of the first character in a specified substring, within a whole string. If the substring specified does not exist in the whole string, the value - 1 is returned.

StringHandling.INDEX("string to be checked", "substring specified")

LEFT

specifies a substring which corresponds to the first n characters in a string.

StringHandling.LEFT("string to be checked", number of characters)

RIGHT

specifies a substring which corresponds to the last n characters in a string.

StringHandling.RIGHT("chaîne à vérifier", number of characters)

LEN

calculates the length of a string.

StringHandling.LEN("string to check")

SPACE

generates a string consisting of a specified number of blank spaces.

StringHandling.SPACE(number of blank spaces to be generated)

SQUOTE

encloses an expression in single quotation marks.

StringHandling.SQUOTE("string to be enclosed in single quotation marks")

STR

generates a particular character a the number of times specified.

StringHandling.STR('character to be generated', number of times)

TRIM

deletes the spaces and tabs before the first non-blank character in a string and after the last non-blank character, then returns the new string.

StringHandling.TRIM("string to be checked")

BTRIM

deletes all the spaces and tabs after the last non-blank character in a string and returns the new string.

StringHandling.BTRIM("string to be checked")

FTRIM

deletes all the spaces and tabs preceding the first non-blank character in a string.

StringHandling.FTRIM("string to be checked")