The following functions can be used to manipulate and retrieve string details from objects and variables.

These should be written in the following formats:

• variable.function(arguments), example - myVar.subStr(3,2) if your variable name was "myVar" and you wanted to use subStr() to find the 2 characters that begin 3 from the left.

• object.function(arguments), example - city.coords.split(",") if you wanted to split the coordinates of your city into an array to determine the seperate x and y values using the split() function.

Click each function name in the table below for more details of it, with examples.

Functions

CenterPad

Usage: CenterPad(str, targetLength, optional padChar = " ")

Prepends and appends spaces (or specified character) to a string to form string of the desired length.

Example:

• echo CenterPad("This is a test", 25, ".")

Result:

• .....This is a test......

charAt

Usage: charAt(#)

Returns the character in the position specified by the index parameter.

Example:

• // Don't forget almost all internal "counting" starts at 0, not at 1...

• // so the 5th character would actually be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 <--- 4!

• var="hello"
• echo "The 5th letter in the word hello is: " + var.charAt(4)

Result:

• The 5th letter in the word hello is: o

charCodeAt

Usage: charCodeAt(#)

Returns the numeric Unicode character code of the character at the specified index.

Example:

• var="hello"
• echo "The numeric code of the 5th letter in the word hello is: " + var.charCodeAt(4)

Result:

• The numeric code of the 5th letter in the word hello is: 111

concat

Usage: concat(arg1,arg2,...,argN)

Appends the supplied arguments to the end of the String object, converting them to strings if necessary, and returns the resulting string.

Example:

• var="oompa"
• var2="loompa"
• var3="dance"
• echo var.concat(var2," ",var3)

Result:

• oompaloompa dance

fromCharCode

Usage: fromCharCode()

Returns a string comprising the characters represented by the Unicode character codes in the parameters.

Example:

• echo String.fromCharCode(70)

Result:

• F

indexOf

Usage: IndexOf()

Searches the string and returns the position of the first occurrence of val found at or after startIndex within the calling string.

Example:

• string = "this is a test string."
• echo string.indexOf("test")

Result:

• 10

lastIndexOf

Usage: lastIndexOf()

Searches the string from right to left and returns the index of the last occurrence of val found before startIndex.

Example:

• string = "this is another test string."
• echo string.lastIndexOf("test")

Result:

• 16

LeftPad

Usage: LeftPad(str, targetLength, optional padChar = " ")

Prepends spaces (or specified character) to a string to form string of the desired length.

Example:

• echo LeftPad("This is a test", 25, ".")

Result:

• ...........This is a test

localeCompare

Usage: localeCompare()

Compares the sort order of two or more strings and returns the result of the comparison as an integer.

Example:

• string = "abc"
• echo "def".localeCompare(string)

Result:

• 3

match

Usage: match()

Matches the specified pattern against the string. Usage of "/g" allows global search (returns multiple results if there's multiple instances).

Example:

• string = "This is just a simple test string."
• echo string.match(/is/g)

Result:

• is,is

Merge

Usage: Merge(str1, str2, optional delim = " ")

Concatenate str1 and str2 together, delim is inserted between strings if both strings are not empty.

Example:

• echo Merge("This is a test", "of the Emergency Broadcast System")
• echo Merge("One plus One", "Two", " = ")

Result:

• This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System
• One plus One = Two

RightPad

Usage: RightPad(str, targetLength, optional padChar = " ")

Appends spaces (or specified character) to a string to form string of the desired length.

Example:

• echo RightPad("This is a test", 25, ".")

Result:

• This is a test...........

replace

Usage: replace( , )

Matches the specified pattern against the string and returns a new string in which the first match of pattern is replaced with the content specified.

Example:

• string = "yet another test string"
• echo string.replace("test", "dull test")

Result:

• yet another dull test string

search

Usage: search()

Searches for the specified pattern and returns the index of the first matching sub-string.

Example:

• string = "yet another test string"
• echo string.search("another")

Result:

• 4

slice

Usage: slice( , )

Returns a string that includes the startIndex character and all characters up to, but not including, the endIndex character.

Example:

• string = "Hello World!"
• echo string.slice(1,5)

Result:

• ello

split

Usage: split("delimiter")

Splits a String object into an array of substrings by dividing it wherever the specified delimiter parameter occurs.

Example:

• mycoords=city.coords.split(",")
• echo "x:" + mycoords[0] + " y:" + mycoords[1]

Result:

• x:746 y:34

StringRepeat

Usage: StringRepeat(count, optional str = " ")

Makes a string consisting of spaces (or of specified string) repeated count times.

Example:

• echo StringRepeat(25, ".")

• echo StringRepeat(25, "Test")

• echo StringRepeat(25, "Test ")

Result:

• .........................

• TestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTestTest

• Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test

StringToObject

Usage: StringToObject(str, delim1, delim2, optional result = null)

Parses and converts strings with parameters into object.

Example:

• str = "test1:no1,test2:no2"

• o = StringToObject(str,",",":")

• echo o.test2

Result:

• no2

substr

Usage: substr(first, last)

Returns a substring consisting of the characters that start at the specified startIndex and with a length specified by len.

Example:

• string = "Hello World!"
• echo string.substr(1,4)

Result:

• ello

substring

Usage: substring(first, last)

Returns a string consisting of the character specified by startIndex and all characters up to endIndex - 1.

Example:

• string = "Hello World!"
• echo string.substring(1,4)

Result:

• ell

ToCSV

Usage: ToCSV(...args)

Converts arguments to comma-separated string with values enclosedi in qouble quotes.

Example:

• who = "Bob"
• what = "Cap his city"
• when = date()
• echo ToCSV(who, what, when)

Result:

• "Bob","Cap his city","Tue Feb 11 19:59:38 GMT-0500 2014"

toLocaleLowerCase

Usage: toLocaleLowerCase()

Returns a copy of this string, with all uppercase characters converted to lowercase.

Example:

• string = "tHIs Is a mEssAge."
• echo string.toLocaleLowerCase()

Result:

• this is a message.

toLocaleUpperCase

Usage: toLocaleUpperCase()

Returns a copy of this string, with all lowercase characters converted to uppercase.

Example:

• string = "tHIs Is a mEssAge."
• echo string.toLocaleUpperCase()

Result:

• THIS IS A MESSAGE.

toLowerCase

Usage: toLowerCase()

Returns a copy of this string, with all uppercase characters converted to lowercase.

Example:

• string = "tHIs Is a mEssAge."
• echo string.toLowerCase()

Result:

• this is a message.

toUpperCase

Usage:

Returns a copy of this string, with all lowercase characters converted to uppercase.

Example:

• string = "tHIs Is a mEssAge."
• echo string.toupperCase()

Result:

• THIS IS A MESSAGE.

Upper1

Usage: Upper1(str)

Upper cases the first letter of a string.

Example:

• echo Upper1("testing")

Result:

• Testing

valueOf

Usage:

Returns the primitive value of a String instance.

Example:

• string = "this is a message."
• echo string.valueOf()

Result:

• this is a message.

FormatMiles

Usage: FormatMiles(number)

Converts number to a string like "2.34 miles".

Example:

• echo FormatMiles(123)

• echo FormatMiles(123.4)

Result:

• 123.00 miles
• 123.40 miles

FormatNumber

Usage: FormatNumber(number, optional precision = 0, optional useThousandsSeparator = true)

Formats number with specified precision. Default has no decimal places, e.g. "2,346"

Example:

• echo FormatNumber("1234567")

• echo FormatNumber("1234567","2")

Result:

• 1,234,567
• 1,234,567.00

FormatNumber2

Usage: FormatNumber2(number, optional precision = 0, optional useThousandsSeparator = true)

Formats number with 2 decimal places, e.g. "2,345.56".

Example:

• echo FormatNumber2("1234567")

Result:

• 1,234,567.00

FormatPercent

Usage: FormatPercent(number, optional presision = 1)

Formats number as percentage.

Example:

• echo FormatPercent("1")

• echo FormatPercent("0.25","0")

• echo FormatPercent("0.25","2")

Result:

• 100.0%
• 25%
• 25.00%

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