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Strlen

2008-09-03T06:42:08Z

Bredding: New page: int strlen(string str) returns the length of a string eg. string myString; int i; myString = "hello"; i = strlen(myString); // i = 5

int strlen(string str)

returns the length of a string

eg.

string myString;

int i;

myString = "hello";

i = strlen(myString);

// i = 5

Substr

2008-09-03T06:38:37Z

Bredding:

Overloaded method to return a string within a string

string substr(string str, int start, int finish)

string substr(string str, int start) // reads to the end of the string for finish

Can be used in conjuction with sindex to retrieve start index.

eg.

string myString;

string otherString;

otherString = "this is a string";

myString = substr(otherString,sindex(otherString,"a"));

// myString = "a string"

Substr

2008-09-03T06:36:42Z

Bredding: New page: Overloaded method to return s string within a string string substr(string str, int start, int finish) string substr(string str, int start) // reads to the end of the string for finish Ca...

Overloaded method to return s string within a string

string substr(string str, int start, int finish)
string substr(string str, int start) // reads to the end of the string for finish

Can be used in conjuction with sindex to retrieve start index.

eg.

string myString;
string otherString;

otherString = "this is a string";
myString = substr(otherString,sindex(otherString,"a"));
// myString = "a string"

Format

2008-02-27T03:35:53Z

Bredding: New page: formats a string string format(string expression, ... variables) eg. format("Change number is %s", chg_ref_num); format("Change number is %s and description is %s", chg_ref_num, descrip...

formats a string

string format(string expression, ... variables)

eg.
format("Change number is %s", chg_ref_num);
format("Change number is %s and description is %s", chg_ref_num, description);

escape cahracters...
%% = percent sign
%d = int
%s = string

Workshift work2abs

2008-02-27T03:01:46Z

Bredding: New page: USD utilises workshifts and sometimes it is usefull to be able to determine times within a workshift. date workshift_abs2work(string workshift, date start, int duration) Returns the da...

USD utilises workshifts and sometimes it is usefull to be able to determine times within a workshift.

date workshift_abs2work(string workshift, date start, int duration)

Returns the date from the start date plus the duration for the given workshift. Note: workshift is repersented as a string (eg. "Mon - Fri { 7:30 am - 5:30 pm }")

Workshift abs2work

2008-02-27T02:58:07Z

Bredding: New page: USD utilises workshifts and sometimes it is usefull to be able to determine times within a workshift. int workshift_abs2work(string workshift, date start, date finish) Returns the time i...

USD utilises workshifts and sometimes it is usefull to be able to determine times within a workshift.

int workshift_abs2work(string workshift, date start, date finish)

Returns the time in seconds from the start date to the finish date for the given workshift.
Note: workshift is repersented as a string (eg. "Mon - Fri { 7:30 am - 5:30 pm }")

Spel Reference Guide

2008-02-27T02:52:44Z

Bredding:

=What Is Spel=

=Reference Sections=
*Errors
*[[Functions]]
*Operators
**Arithmetic Operators
**Comparison Operators
**Concatenation Operators
**Logical Operators
*Statements
**[[For]]

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