String functions

string.cast(value) : str

Cast value to a string or nil if not possible.

var string = "27";
let string = num.cast(string);
let num = (string - 12);
num;

string.compare(first, second, ignorecase) : num

Compare two strings.

Compare the first string to the second string

var first = "MindTouch";
var second = "Touch";
if (string.compare(first,second))
{
    "The first string is different than the second";
}
else
{
    "The first string is Exactly the same as the second";
}

string.contains(first, second, ignorecase) : bool

Check if the first string contains the second string.

See if FIRST contains SECOND while ignoring the case

if (string.contains("MindTouch","mind",true)) {
    "Match!";
} else {
    "One does not contain the other";
}

string.deserialize(value) : any

Convert a string into a value.

string.endswith(first, second, ignorecase) : bool

Check if the first string ends with the second string.

string.equals(first, second, ignorecase) : bool

Determine equality of two strings

string.escape(value) : str

Escape special characters in string.

string.eval(code, ignoreErrors) : any

Evaluate a dekiscript expression.

string.format(text, values) : str

Replaces placeholders with values in a string.

The follow table shows argument combinations and their outcomes.

string.hash(value) : str

Compute MD5 hash of string.

Create a variable and MD5 hash it

var hashvar = "This is important";
string.hash(hashvar);

string.indexesof(first, second, ignorecase) : list

Get all indexes of the second string in the first string.

string.indexof(first, second, ignorecase) : num

Get index of the second string in the first string.

string.insert(first, second, index) : str

Insert the second string into the first string at the specified index.

string.iscontrol(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a control character.

string.isdigit(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a decimal digit.

string.ishighsurrogate(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a high surrogate (UTF-32).

string.isletter(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is an alphabetic character.

string.isletterordigit(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is an alphabetic character or decimal digit.

string.islower(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a lowercase letter.

string.islowsurrogate(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a low surrogate (UTF-32).

string.isnumber(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a number.

string.ispunctuation(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a punctation mark.

string.isseparator(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a separator character.

string.issurrogate(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a surrogate character (UTF-32).

string.issymbol(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is a symbol character.

string.isupper(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is an uppercase letter.

string.iswhitespace(value) : bool

Check if first character in string is white space.

string.join(list, separator) : str

Join strings in a list using a specified separator.

var lst = ["one","two","three","four","five"];
string.join(lst,",");

string.lastindexof(first, second, ignorecase) : num

Get last index of the second string in the first string.

string.length(text) : num

Get the length of the string.

string.match(text, pattern, ignorecase, withIndex) : any

Match a string against a regular expression pattern and return the first match.

string.matches(text, pattern, ignorecase, withIndex, captures) : list

Match a string against a regular expression pattern and return all matches.

string.matchreplace(text, pattern, replacement, ignorecase) : str

Replace every match the regular expression pattern with replacement value.

string.nbsp : str

Non-breakable space.

string.nbsp;  // Parenthesis not needed

string.padleft(text, width, padding) : str

Pad string with characters on the left until it reaches the specified width.

string.padright(text, width, padding) : str

Pad string with characters on the right until it reaches the specified width.

string.quote(text) : str

Quote string and escape characters.

string.remove(text, index, count) : str

Remove characters from a string the specified index.

string.replace(text, before, after, ignorecase) : str

Replaces all occurrences of a string with another string.

string.searchescape(value) : str

Escape special characters in string.

string.serialize(value) : str

Convert a value into a string.

string.split(text, separator, max) : list

Split string at each occurrence of the separator up to the specified limit.

​Split a string into a list and output it in a formatted <pre> tag

var brothers = "Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, Brian";
var lst = string.split(brothers,',',5);
web.pre(lst);

string.splitcsv(text) : map

Convert string into a collection of rows and columns.

Prepare a comma separated string for .CSV format

var brothers = "Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, Brian";
var lst = string.splitcsv(brothers);
web.pre(lst);

string.sqlescape(value) : str

Escape special SQL characters in string.

string.startswith(first, second, ignorecase) : bool

Check if the first string starts with the second string.

string.substr(text, start, length) : str

Extract a substring.

Extract the word Customer Success 

var str = "MindTouch Customer Success Center";
string.substr(str,10,16);

string.tocamelcase(text) : str

Convert first charater of each word in string to uppercase.

var str = "here is my text, it is all lowercase";
string.tocamelcase(str);

string.tolower(text) : str

Convert string to lowercase characters.

var str = "THIS IS REALY LOUD!";
string.tolower(str);

string.tolowerfirst(text) : str

Convert first character in string to lowercase.

var str = "THIS IS REALY LOUD!";
string.tolowerfirst(str)

string.toupper(text) : str

Convert string to uppercase characters.

string.toupperfirst(text) : str

Convert first character in string to uppercase.

string.trim(text) : str

Remove whitespace from the beginning and end of the string.

string.trimend(text) : str

Remove whitespace from the end of the string.

string.trimstart(text) : str

Remove whitespace from the beginning of the string.