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AfxStrParseAnyfunction

Returns a delimited field from a string expression. Supports more than one character for the delimiter.

String ManagementfunctionAfxStr.incdocumented

Syntax

FUNCTION AfxStrParse (BYREF wszMainStr AS CONST WSTRING, BYVAL nPosition AS LONG = 1, BYREF wszDelimiter AS CONST WSTRING = ",") AS DWSTRING

Parameters

NameDescription
wszMainStrThe string to be parsed.
nPositionStarting position. If nPosition is zero or is outside of the actual field count, an empty string is returned. If nPosition is negative, fields are searched from the right to left of the wszMainStr.
wszDelimiterA string of one or more characters any of which may act as a delimiter character.

Description

Returns a delimited field from a string expression.

Example

DIM dws AS DWSTRING = AfxStrParseAny("1;2,3", 2, ",;") ' Returns "2"

Reference

  • Include file AfxStr.inc
  • Defined in AfxNova/AfxStr.inc:1289
  • Documented in String Management/String Procedures.md
  • Topic: String Procedures