Manipulating Strings
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Statements and Functions Used for Manipulating Strings
Statement or
Task function Action
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Getting part of LEFT$ Returns a given number of characters
a string from the left side of a string.
RIGHT$ Returns a given number of characters
from the right side of a string.
LTRIM$ Returns a copy of a string with
leading blank spaces stripped away.
RTRIM$ Returns a copy of a string with
trailing blank spaces stripped away.
MID$ Function Returns a given number of characters
from anywhere in a string.
Searching strings INSTR Searches for a string within another
string.
Converting to LCASE$ Returns a string expression with
uppercase or all letters in lower case.
lowercase
UCASE$ Returns a string expression with
all letters in uppercase.
Changing strings MID$ Statement Replaces part of a string with
another string.
LSET Left-justifies a string within a
fixed-length string.
RSET Right-justifies a string within a
fixed-length string.
Converting numbers STR$ Returns the string representation
to strings, and of the value of a numeric expression.
strings to
numbers VAL Returns the numeric value of a
string of digits.
Creating strings SPACE$ Returns a string of blank
of repeating characters.
characters
STRING$ Returns a string consisting of one
repeated character.
Getting the length LEN Tells how many characters are in a
of a string string.
Working with ASC Returns the ASCII value of the
ASCII values given character.
CHR$ Returns the character with the
given ASCII value.