String Functions
ObjectScript also provides typical string functions.
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$Length returns the length of a string.
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$Extract returns a substring of a string, based on a starting and ending position. You can use an asterisk (*) to represent the last character's position, and *-n to count backwards from the end.
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$Find searches for a substring of a string, and returns the position of the character following the substring.
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$Piece looks at a string as a series of pieces, based on a delimiter, and returns a specific piece. You can use an asterisk (*) to represent the last piece, and *-n to count pieces backwards from the end.
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$Justify returns a string of a specified length, padded on the left with spaces (right-justified), and/or also rounds to a specified number of decimal places.
USER>write $length("how long is this?") 17 USER>write $extract("there's gold in those hills", 9, 12) gold USER>write $extract("there's gold in those hills", *-4, *) hills USER>write $find("there's gold in those hills", "gold") 13 USER>write $piece("slice of cheese pizza", " ", 4) pizza USER>write $piece("slice of cheese pizza", " ", *-1) cheese USER>write $justify(3.1415, 10, 3) 3.142 USER>