String Class

The String class contains methods used to manipulate data defined as String data type.

Methods	Description
addQuotes	Returns the string with one layer of quotes added.
ascii	Returns the (extended) ASCII code of a character.
beginsWith	Returns whether the string starts with a specified substring.
blank	Deprecated. Use String.justify.
byteLimitSubstring	Returns a character string with a byte length that will not exceed the specified maximum.
complexUnpack	Returns a string containing the unpacked results.
endsWith	Returns whether the string ends with a specified substring.
extract	Returns a substring from a given string.
find	Returns the position of a substring.
getSub	Returns a subfield of a field within a string.
insert	Returns a string in which a substring is inserted.
isInteger	Indicates whether the value of the data stored in a String object is an integer.
isLike	Returns whether the string satisfies a pattern.
isLiteral	Returns whether the string represents a numeric literal or string literal.
isNumber	Returns whether the string contains a number.
justify	Returns a justified version of the string.
length	Returns the length in characters or delimited pieces.
lowerCase	Returns the string converted to lowercase.
piece	Extracts an element from a delimited string.
putSub	Returns a version of the string in which a subfield of a field has been inserted or replaced.
replace	Returns a version of the string in which substrings are replaced.
reverse	Returns the characters of the string in reverse order.
stripQuotes	Returns the string with one layer of quotes removed.
toByteString	Translates the string to a ByteString.
toDate	Translates the string to a Date.
toNumber	Translates the string to a canonic Number.
toRow	Returns the string as a Row.
toTime	Translates the string into a Time.
translate	Returns character-by-character translation of the string.
trim	Removes characters from the ends of a string.
unpack	Returns a string containing the unpacked results.
upperCase	Returns the string converted to uppercase.