text constant

 

The text constant returns the text that has been specified as its descriptive text.

 

next line

 

The next line element is a text constant returning the line end text (two characters having a numeric value of 13 and 10, i.e. ASCII codes CR and LF).

 

merge of texts

 

The merge of texts element serves to merge two or more texts into one text. The texts are added gradually in the succession from the top downwards.

 

text identity

 

The text identity element is used to evaluate the congruency of texts. One or more texts can be entered. The texts are evaluated gradually from the top downwards. The element returns a validity flag in case all the texts are identical. A special case is a comparison of one text only. Here, the text is compared with an empty text, i.e. it is examined, if it is empty.

 

 

alphabetic comparison of texts

 

The alphabetic comparison of texts element serves to compare alphabetic sequence of texts for the purpose of alphabetic sorting. The comparison does not distinguish between upper case and lower case letters, but it respects the national specific information pursuant to the Windows system setting (i.e. letters with diacritics, or two-letter speech sounds). One or more texts can be entered to be compared. Texts are compared gradually from the top downwards. The element returns a validity flag in case it holds for every neighboring text pairs that the first (upper) text is alphabetically more remote than the other one (not being identical). The functional effect consists in comparing two list texts, and making a text interchange in case the first text lies alphabetically higher. A special case is a comparison of one text only. Here, the text is compared with an empty text, being examined, if it is not empty (contrary to the previous comparison).

 

left part of text

length of left part of text (number of characters)

input text

 

right part of text

beginning of right part of text (position 0...)

input text

 

middle part of text

beginning of middle part of text (position 0...)

length of middle part of text (number of characters)

input text

 

length of text (returns number of characters)

conversion of number from text to numerical form

conversion of number from numerical to text form

convert number to text - 2 decimal digits

convert number to text - 8 hexadecimal digits

convert character to numeric code

convert numeric code to character

convert to lower case

convert to upper case

 

find text position (returns position 0...; -1 = not found)

text to be found

input text

 

number of text lines

 

text line

text line number (line number = 0...)

input text

 

text block

line of the block beginning (default 0)

position of the block beginning (default 0)

line of the block end (default -1)

position of the block end (default -1)

input text

 

The text block element returns a selected part of a multiline text. A multiline text must use pair of the CR (code 13) and LF (code 10) characters to terminate text rows. The block line and position are entered as a number zero or more. The -1 number is used as an end of the text or row.