String Functions
Commonly used for interpreting and manipulating text fields.
Concatenate
Description | Joins several text strings into one text string. |
Remark | The "&" operator can be used instead of CONCATENATE to join text items. |
Example | Ex. Concatenate(“This “, “is “, “one string!” ) – returns This is one string! |
Left
Description | Returns the first character(s) of a text string. |
Remark | The first argument is the string you want to display. The second argument is number of characters you want. |
Example | Ex. Left(“example”, 2 ) – returns ex. |
Len
Description | Returns the number of characters in a text string. |
Example | Ex. Len(“example” ) – returns 7. |
Lower
Description | Converts all uppercase letters in a text string to lowercase. |
Example | Ex. Lower(“EXAMPLE” ) – returns example. |
Mid
Description | Returns a specific number of characters from a text string starting where you specify. |
Remark | Mid takes three input arguments: 1. The text string. |
Example | Ex. Mid(“example” , 2, 3) – returns xam. |
NewLine
Description | Begins a new line of text. |
Remark | NewLine takes no arguments. |
Example | Ex. NewLine() |
Replace
Description | Replaces part of a text string. |
Remark | Replace takes four input arguments: 1. The text string to partially replaced. |
Example | Ex. Replace("example", 2, 3, "*") – returns e*ple. |
Right
Description | Returns the last characters in a text string. |
Remark | The first argument is the string you want to display. The second argument is number of characters you want. |
Example | Ex. Right("example", 2) – returns le. |
Trim
Description | Removes all spaces from text except for single spaces between words. |
Example | Ex. Trim("This sentence has weird spacing.", 2) – returns This sentence has weird spacing. |
Upper
Description | Converts text to uppercase. |
Example | Ex. Upper("example") – returns EXAMPLE. |
Value
Description | Converts a text string that represents a number to a number. |
Example | Ex. Value("$1,000") – returns 1000. |