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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
<p class="syntax"><span class="term">% | <p class="syntax"><span class="term">%piece</span> = <span class="literal">$Parse</span>(<span class="term">string</span>, <span class="term">delims</span>, [<span class="term">start_pos</span>]) | ||
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<p>% | <p>%piece is a piece of the first argument string.</p> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
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<var>$Parse</var> returns the entire first argument string if none of the delimiter characters are found. The matching function which retrieves the part of the string after the delimiter is [[$ParseX]]. | <var>$Parse</var> returns the entire first argument string if none of the delimiter characters are found. The matching function which retrieves the part of the string after the delimiter is <var>[[$ParseX]]</var>. | ||
==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}== | ==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}== | ||
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<li>[[Japanese functions]]</li> | <li>[[Japanese functions]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li> | <li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li> | ||
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[[Category:$Functions|$Parse]] | [[Category:$Functions|$Parse]] | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 19 July 2013
Part of string preceding character in delimiter set
Note: Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no direct OO equivalent for the $Parse function, but you might find a more powerful solution in the StringTokenizer class or elements of the Sirius Regex implementation, such as the RegexSplit String function.
This function returns part of a given string: the characters after a specified or implied starting position and until a character in a delimiter set.
The $Parse function accepts three arguments and returns a string result that is a part of the first input string.
The first argument is an arbitrary string.
The second argument is a string containing a set of delimiter characters.
The third argument is a starting position in the first argument string and has a default of 1.
Syntax
%piece = $Parse(string, delims, [start_pos])
%piece is a piece of the first argument string.
Examples
The following statement would set %JUNK to WASTE NOT:
%JUNK = $Parse('WASTE NOT(WANT|NOT', '(|')
The statement below would set %JUNK to WASTE NOT(WANT:
%JUNK = $Parse('WASTE NOT(WANT|NOT', '|')
The following statement would set %JUNK to E NOT(WANT:
%JUNK = $Parse('WASTE NOT(WANT|NOT', '|', 5)
$Parse returns the entire first argument string if none of the delimiter characters are found. The matching function which retrieves the part of the string after the delimiter is $ParseX.