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<p class="warn"><b>Note:</b> <i> | <p class="warn"><b>Note:</b> <i>Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no direct OO equivalent for <var>$Abbrev</var>. However, the <var>[[IsStartOf (String function)|IsStartOf]]</var> function can be used to determine whether one string is an initial substring (abbreviation) of another.</i></p> | ||
This function makes it possible to determine if a string is a valid abbreviation of one of a list of words. | This function makes it possible to determine if a string is a valid abbreviation of one of a list of words. | ||
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<p class="code">>0 - Number of matching word | <p class="code">>0 - Number of matching word | ||
0 - No matches found | 0 - No matches found | ||
- | -2 - First parameter missing or null | ||
- | -1 - Second parameter missing or null | ||
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<li>[[List of $functions|Sirius functions]]</li> | <li>[[List of $functions|Sirius functions]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]</li> | <li>[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]</li> | ||
<li>[ | <li>[[Media:JoclrNew.pdf|Janus Open Client]]</li> | ||
<li>[ | <li>[[Media:JosrvrNew.pdf|Janus Open Server]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Janus Sockets]]</li> | <li>[[Janus Sockets]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Janus Web Server]]</li> | <li>[[Janus Web Server]]</li> | ||
<li>Japanese functions</li> | <li>Japanese functions</li> | ||
<li>[ | <li>[[Media:SirfieldNew.pdf|Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li> | ||
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[[Category:$Functions|$Abbrev]] | [[Category:$Functions|$Abbrev]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:51, 20 September 2018
Determine if string is abbreviation within list of words
Note: Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no direct OO equivalent for $Abbrev. However, the IsStartOf function can be used to determine whether one string is an initial substring (abbreviation) of another.
This function makes it possible to determine if a string is a valid abbreviation of one of a list of words.
Syntax
%result = $Abbrev(word_list, string)
Syntax terms
| %result | A numeric value that indicates the relative position in word_list of the first word for which string is a valid abbreviation. |
|---|---|
| word_list | A list of blank-delimited words. |
| string | The word to be compared with the word_list argument. |
Return codes
>0 - Number of matching word 0 - No matches found -2 - First parameter missing or null -1 - Second parameter missing or null
Examples
- In the following example, %NUM is set to 2:
%NUM = $Abbrev('TOP BOTTOM MIDDLE MUDDLE', 'B')
- In the following example, %NUM is set to 3:
%NUM = $Abbrev('TOP BOTTOM MIDDLE MUDDLE', 'M')
- In the following example, %NUM is set to 4:
%NUM = $Abbrev('TOP BOTTOM MIDDLE MUDDLE', 'MU')
- In the following example, %NUM is set to 1:
%NUM = $Abbrev('TOP BOTTOM MIDDLE MUDDLE', 'TOP')
- In the following example, %NUM is set to 0:
%NUM = $Abbrev('TOP BOTTOM MIDDLE MUDDLE', 'MAD')