wwUtils::Extract
Extracts a text value between two delimiters. You can specify two ending delimiters or let the end of a line be considered an ending delimiter.
You can also optionally retrieve the string with its delimiters.
Visual FoxPro 9.0 STREXTACT
Visual FoxPro 9.0 includes a
STREXTRACTfunction that provides similar functionality and should be used whenever possible as it's native and faster.STREXTRACTwas introduced in VFP 9 based on thisExtractfunction but behavior is slightly different.ExtractcallsSTREXTRACTwhenever possible.Use this function over
STREXTRACTif you need to have a 3rd alternate ending delimiter, or you optionally need to search to the end of the string without matching a delimiter.
o.Extract(lcString,lcStartDelim,lcEndDelim1,
lcEndDelim2, llEndOk, llIncludeDelims)
Returns
String between start and end delimiters. "" on error.
Parameters
lcString
String to parse.
lcStartDelim
Starting delimiter to look for.
lcEndDelim1
Ending Delimiter to look for.
lcEndDelim1
Optional second ending delimiter.
llEndOk
It .T. end of line signals ending delimiter if nothing is found before.
llIncludeDelims
Deterimines whether the delimiters matched are included in the result.
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