String manipulation¶

StringMid'Set(index, substring, string)¶

change a substring

Parameters:	index – index of substring to get substring – substring to store 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";

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StringMid'Get(index, length, string)¶

retrieve a substring

Parameters:	index – index of substring to get length – length of substring to get 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";

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Atom("string")¶

convert string to atom

Parameters:	"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;

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String(atom)¶

convert atom to string

Parameters:	atom – an atom

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

Example:

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

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ConcatStrings(strings)¶

concatenate strings

Parameters:	strings – one or more strings

Concatenates strings.

Example:

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

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PatchString(string)¶

execute commands between {<?} and {?>} in strings

Parameters:	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 ";

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