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STRINGS

right$(string$,number)

example

a$ = right$(a$,5) 'takes the five left most charecters

left$ 'this is the same concept as right$

mid$ 'this works the same as right$ only is the middle of the string

chr$

example

a$ = chr$(65) + chr$(66) 'adds the ascii char in the postion to end of the string

command$, argv$[a] (argv is dos c and not for windows) COMMAND$(i) (newer version for windows and console)

example

a$ = "The Command Line =" & Command$

********* example 2

i = 1

cmd$ = COMMAND$(i)

WHILE cmd$ <> ""
PRINT "Argument", i, " is [", cmd$, "]"
i++
cmd$ = COMMAND$(i)
WEND

Replace$

reverse$

example

Print Reverse$ ( "Hello There" )

FORMAT

Replace (main$ , match$ , change$)

examples

A$ = Replace$( "1234567890", "456", "-ABC-" )
REPLACE "Here" With "There" In a$

ucase$, lcase$ : upper case string, lower case string

example

v$ = ucase$(s$)

date$ : returns the date as a string

example

a$ = date$

time$ : returns the time as a string

example

a$ = time$

space$ : returns a number of spaces as a string

example

a$ = space$(6) : the number of spaces is in the parenthesis

repeat$

example

a$ = repeat$(10,"Hello ")

FindFirst$, FindNext$

example

A$ = FindFirst$("*.*")
A$ = FindNext$

curdir$,sysdir$, tempdir$ :current, system and temp directory

example

a$ = curdir$

instr$ : in string (is this in the string)

example

Sep = Instr(A$ , ",")
' if sep is > 0 then it is in the string otherwise it is not..

REMOVE$ 'removes a string from another string

example

REMOVE "abc" FROM Q$ ' Also legal in BCX-> Q$ = Remove$(Q$,"abc")

USING$

example

CLS
DIM A$

A$ = USING$ ("###,###,###.##" , -123456789.123456) : PRINT A$
A$ = USING$ ("$###,###,###.###" , -123456789.123456) : PRINT A$
A$ = USING$ ("$###,###,###.####" , 123456789.123456) : PRINT A$
A$ = USING$ ("$###,###,###.#####" , 123456789.123456) : PRINT A$
A$ = USING$ ("$###,###,###.#######" , 123456789.123456) : PRINT A$
A$ = USING$ (" ###,###,###.##" , 123456789.123456) : PRINT A$
A$ = USING$ (" $###,###,###.##" , 123456789.123456) : PRINT A$