Class: String
Description
This method extracts a portion of a string based on a specified first and last character to extract.
Syntax
String.extract(Number from,Number to)
Parameters
|
from |
The first character in the string to extract. The default is 1. |
|
to |
The last character in the string to extract. The default is the value in the from parameter. |
Returns
A substring.
When Became Available
v7.0
Example #1
type RecordDEP dep=Db.getRecord(“DEP”,”:CID”)
set IRN=dep.irn
set IRN=IRN.extract(1,2)
*CID must be defined prior to the getRecord statement
Example #2
type ResultSet rs=Db.select(“ACN,NAM”,”CIF”)
// get first three characters of name
while rs.next() set ABBR=rs.getCol("NAM").extract(1,3)