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    Reference for unit 'StrUtils': Procedures and functionsΒΆ

    Procedure/function Description
    AddChar Add characters to the left of a string till a certain length.
    AddCharR Add chars at the end of a string till it reaches a certain length.
    AnsiContainsStr Checks whether a string contains a given substring.
    AnsiContainsText Check whether a string contains a certain substring, ignoring case.
    AnsiEndsStr Check whether a string ends with a certain substring.
    AnsiEndsText Check whether a string ends with a certain substring, ignoring case.
    AnsiIndexStr Searches, observing case, for a string in an array of strings.
    AnsiIndexText Searches, case insensitive, for a string in an array of strings.
    AnsiLeftStr Copies a number of characters starting at the left of a string.
    AnsiMatchStr Check whether a string occurs in an array of strings, observing case.
    AnsiMatchText Check whether a string occurs in an array of strings, disregarding case.
    AnsiMidStr Returns a number of characters copied from a given location in a string.
    AnsiProperCase Pretty-Print a string: make lowercase and capitalize first letters of words.
    AnsiReplaceStr Search and replace all occurrences of a string, case sensitive.
    AnsiReplaceText Search and replace all occurrences of a string, case insensitive.
    AnsiResemblesText Check whether 2 strings resemble each other.
    AnsiReverseString Reverse the letters in a string.
    AnsiRightStr Copies a number of characters starting at the right of a string.
    AnsiStartsStr Check whether a string starts with a given substring, observing case.
    AnsiStartsText Check whether a string starts with a given substring, ignoring case.
    BinToHex Convert a binary buffer to a hexadecimal string.
    ContainsStr Check whether one text contains another (case sensitive).
    ContainsText Check whether one text contains another (case insensitive).
    Copy2Space Returns all characters in a string till the first space character (not included).
    Copy2SpaceDel Deletes and returns all characters in a string till the first space character (not included).
    Copy2Symb Returns all characters in a string till a given character (not included).
    Copy2SymbDel Deletes and returns all characters in a string till a given character (not included).
    Dec2Numb Convert a decimal number to a string representation, using given a base.
    DecodeSoundexInt Decodes the integer representation of a soundex code and returns the original soundex code.
    DecodeSoundexWord Decodes the word-sized representation of a soundex code and returns the original soundex code.
    DelChars Delete all occurrences of a given character from a string.
    DelSpace Delete all occurrences of a space from a string.
    DelSpace1 Reduces sequences of space characters to 1 space character.
    DupeString Creates and concatenates N copies of a string.
    EndsStr Check whether one string ends with another.
    EndsText Check whether one text ends with another.
    ExtractDelimited Extract the N-th delimited part from a string.
    ExtractSubstr Extract a word from a string, starting at a given position in the string.
    ExtractWord Extract the N-th word out of a string.
    ExtractWordPos Extract a word from a string, and return the position where it was located in the string.
    FindMatchesBoyerMooreCaseInSensitive Find case-insensitive matches of a string using a Boyer-Moore algorithm.
    FindMatchesBoyerMooreCaseSensitive Find case-sensitive matches of a string using a Boyer-Moore algorithm.
    FindPart Search for a substring in a string, using wildcards.
    GetCmdLineArg Returns the command-line argument following the given switch.
    Hex2Dec Converts a hexadecimal string to a decimal value.
    Hex2Dec64 Convert hexadecimal value to 64-bit integer.
    HexToBin Convert a hexadecimal string to a binary buffer.
    IfThen Returns one of two strings, depending on a boolean expression.
    in(Ansistring,):Boolean
    in(UnicodeString,):Boolean Check presence of string in an array of strings.
    IndexStr Searches, observing case, for a string in an array of strings.
    IndexText Index of text in a list of values.
    IntToBin Converts an integer to a binary string representation, inserting spaces at fixed locations.
    IntToRoman Represent an integer with roman numerals.
    IsEmptyStr Check whether a string is empty, disregarding whitespace characters.
    IsWild Check whether a string matches a wildcard search expression.
    IsWordPresent Check for the presence of a word in a string.
    LeftBStr Copies Count characters starting at the left of a string.
    LeftStr Copies Count characters starting at the left of a string.
    MatchStr Check whether a string occurs in an array of strings, observing case.
    MatchText Check if a string is in a list of values.
    MidBStr Copies a number of characters starting at a given position in a string.
    MidStr Copies a number of characters starting at a given position in a string.
    NaturalCompareText Compare using natural sort.
    NPos Returns the position of the N-th occurrence of a substring in a string.
    Numb2Dec Converts a string representation of a number to its numerical value, given a certain base.
    Numb2USA Insert thousand separators.
    PadCenter Pad the string to a certain length, so the string is centered.
    PadLeft Add spaces to the left of a string till a certain length is reached.
    PadRight Add spaces to the right of a string till a certain length is reached.
    PosEx Search for the occurrence of a character in a string, starting at a certain position.
    PosSet Return the position in a string of any character out of a set of characters.
    PosSetEx Return the position in a string of any character out of a set of characters, starting at a certain position.
    RandomFrom Choose a random string from an array of strings.
    RemoveLeadingChars Remove any leading characters in a set from a string.
    RemovePadChars Remove any trailing or leading characters in a set from a string.
    RemoveTrailingChars Remove any trailing characters in a set from a string.
    ReplaceStr Replace strings case-sensitively.
    ReplaceText Replace strings case-insensitively.
    ResemblesText Check whether 2 strings resemble each other.
    ReverseString Reverse characters in a string.
    RightBStr Copy a given number of characters (bytes), counting from the right of a string.
    RightStr Copy a given number of characters, counting from the right of a string.
    RomanToInt Convert a string with a Roman number to it's decimal value.
    RomanToIntDef Convert a roman numeral to an integer value.
    RPos Find last occurrence of substring or character in a string.
    RPosEx Find last occurrence substring or character in a string, starting at a certain position.
    SearchBuf Search a buffer for a certain string.
    SecureCompare
    Soundex Compute the soundex of a string.
    SoundexCompare Compare soundex values of 2 strings.
    SoundexInt Soundex value as an integer.
    SoundexProc Default AnsiResemblesText implementation.
    SoundexSimilar Check whether 2 strings have equal soundex values.
    SoundexWord Calculate a word-sized soundex value.
    SplitCommandLine Split commandline in a series of separate arguments.
    SplitString Split a string in words.
    StartsStr Check whether one string starts with another.
    StartsText Check whether one text starts with another.
    StringReplace Optimized search-and-replace algorithm.
    StringsReplace Replace occurrences of a set of strings to another set of strings.
    StuffString Replace part of a string with another string.
    Tab2Space Convert tab characters to a number of spaces.
    TrimLeftSet Remove any leading characters in a set from a string and returns the result.
    TrimRightSet Remove any trailing characters in a set from a string and returns the result.
    TrimSet Remove any leading or trailing characters in a set from a string and returns the result.
    TryRomanToInt Try to convert a roman numeral to an integer value.
    WordCount Count the number of words in a string.
    WordPosition Search position of Nth word in a string.
    XorDecode Decode a string encoded with XorEncode.
    XorEncode Encode a string by XOR-ing its characters using characters of a given key, representing the result as hex values.
    XorString Encode a string by XOR-ing its characters using characters of a given key.