String manipulation

StringMid'Set(index, substring, string)

change a substring

Param index

index of substring to get

Param substring

substring to store

Param string

string to store substring in

Set (change) a part of a string. It leaves the original alone, returning a new changed copy.

Example

In> StringMid'Set(3,"XY","abcdef")
Out> "abXYef";

See also

StringMid'Get(), Length()

StringMid'Get(index, length, string)

retrieve a substring

Param index

index of substring to get

Param length

length of substring to get

Param string

string to get substring from

{StringMid’Get} returns a part of a string. Substrings can also be accessed using the {[]} operator.

Example

In> StringMid'Get(3,2,"abcdef")
Out> "cd";
In> "abcdefg"[2 .. 4]
Out> "bcd";

See also

StringMid'Set(), Length()

Atom("string")

convert string to atom

Param “string”

a string

Returns an atom with the string representation given as the evaluated argument. Example: {Atom(“foo”);} returns {foo}.

Example

In> Atom("a")
Out> a;

See also

String()

String(atom)

convert atom to string

Param atom

an atom

{String} is the inverse of {Atom}: turns {atom} into {“atom”}.

Example

In> String(a)
Out> "a";

See also

Atom()

ConcatStrings(strings)

concatenate strings

Param strings

one or more strings

Concatenates strings.

Example

In> ConcatStrings("a","b","c")
Out> "abc";

See also

Concat()

PatchString(string)

execute commands between <? and ?> in strings

Param string

a string to patch

This function does the same as PatchLoad(), but it works on a string instead of on the contents of a text file. See PatchLoad() for more details.

Example

In> PatchString("Two plus three is <? Write(2+3); ?> ");
Out> "Two plus three is 5 ";

See also

PatchLoad()