Text Function

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Text Function

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Function

Description

Return type

Example

character

Returns the character specified by the code number

char

character(int value)

code

Returns the numeric code of the first character in the text string

int 

code(String str)

concatenate

Merge several text items into one text item

string 

concatenate(Object strObj)

currency

Convert numbers to text format and apply to default currency symbols.

string 

currency(double number, int decimals)

dollar

Convert the number to text format and apply the $ symbol.

string 

dollar(double number, int decimals)

exact

Compare two strings

boolean 

exact(String str1, String str2)

extractNTH

Matches the source string to the regular expression and returns the corresponding matched substring

string

extractNTH("sou rce", "([a-z]+)\\s+([a-z]+)", 2)

find

Finding another text value in a text value (case sensitive)

int 

find(String find, String src, int start)

fixed

Set the number format to text with a fixed number of decimal places

string 

fixed(double number, int decimals, boolean nocommas)

left

Returns the leftmost character in a text value

string 

left(String src, int length)

len

Returns the number of characters in the text string

int 

len(String text)

lower

Convert text to lowercase

string

lower(String text)

match

Returns true if the source string matches a regular expression

boolean

match("sou rce","([a-z]+)\\srce")

mid

Returns a specified number of characters from a specified position in a text string

string 

mid(String src, int start, int length)

proper

Capitalize the first letter of each word of the text value

string

proper(String text)

replace

Replace the characters in the text

string

replace(String src, int start, int length, String replaced)

replaceRegex

Matches the source string to the regular expression and returns the replaced string

string

replaceRegex("sou rce", "\\s", "*")

rept

Repeat text for a given number of times

string 

rept(String src, int times)

right

Returns the rightmost character in a text value

string 

right(String src, int length)

search

Finding another text value in a text value (case insensitive)

int 

search(String find, String src, int start)

substitute

Replace old text with new text in a text string

string 

substitute(String src, String old, String newtxt, int times)

t

Convert parameters to text

string 

t(String value)

text

Set the number format and convert it to text

string 

text(double value, String patten)

trim

Delete unused spaces in text

string 

trim(String str)

upper

Convert text to uppercase

string 

upper(String str)