Lasso Programming: Lasso Language Reference

Name	Summary	Category
string	[string] creates a new string object. String objects exist as a series of Unicode characters in the UTF-32 encoding. Empty strings can be created by calling this method with no parameters. This...	String
string->append	[String->Append] casts the parameters to strings and appends them to the string variable. Modifies the string variable and returns no value. Requires at least one string parameter. This...	String
string->chardigitvalue	[String->CharDigitValue] returns the integer value of a specified character or -1 if the character is alphabetic. The character within the base string to be inspected is specified starting from 1 for...	String
string->charname	[String->CharName] returns the Unicode name for a specified character within the string. Requires one parameter which is the index of the character to be named.	String
string->chartype	[String->CharType] returns the Unicode type of a specified character. The character within the base string to be inspected is specified starting from 1 for the first character in the string.	String
string->digit	[String->Digit] returns the integer value of a specified character for a specified radix or -1 if the character is not defined for the specified radix. The character within the base string to be...	String
string->encodehtml	The [string->encodehtml] method has two forms. The first form takes no parameters, and the second takes two boolean parameters. Both forms accept a string and change any reserved,...	String
string->decodehtml	The [string->decodehtml] method decodes HTML entitites into UTF-8 characters which can be handled natively by Lasso's string type. [string->decodehtml] performs the opposite operation of...	String
string->encodexml	[string->encodexml] encodes any XML reserved or illegal characters in the string object into XML entities. This method ensures that text will display with high fidelity in a Web browser....	String
string->decodexml	[string->decodexml] decodes XML entitites into UTF-8 characters which can be handled natively by Lasso's string type. [string->decodexml] performs the opposite operation of the...	String
string->encodehtmltoxml	[string->encodehtmltoxml] converts the encoding of a string from HTML encoding to XML encoding. This method can be used on a string which is already HTML encoded but needs to be used within an XML...	String
string->asString	The [string->asString] method converts a string object into a string, and returns its value.	String
string->asBytes	[string->asbytes] converts a string object to a bytes object, and returns the value. The bytes object will contain the unicode characters of the string after conversion into a single-byte...	String
string->find	[String->Find] returns the position at which the first parameter is found the first time within the string object, or 0 if the first parameter is not found within the string object. Requires a...	String
string->contains	[String->Contains] returns True if the string contains the parameter as a substring. Requires a single string parameter. The test is not case sensitive.	String
string->beginsWith	[String->BeginsWith] returns True if the base string begins with the string parameter, False otherwise. Requires a single string parameter. The test is not case sensitive.	String
string->endsWith	[String->EndsWith] returns True if the string object ends with the string parameter, False otherwise. Requires a single string parameter. The test is not case sensitive. An optional -Case...	String
string->equals	[String->Equals] compares the string parameter against the string object, and returns True if they are equivalent, else False. This method performs exactly the same comparison as the == symbol....	String
string->compare	[String->Compare] compares the first parameter to the base string and returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if the characters in the string are bitwise greater than the parameter, and -1 if the...	String
string->eachWordBreak	[string->eachWordBreak] permits a query expression to be executed over all the "words" in the string.	String
string->eachCharacter	[string->eachCharacter] permits a query expression to be executed over all the characters in the string.	String
string->eachMatch	[string->eachMatch] permits a query expression to be executed on the result of matches from the regular expression performed on the string.	String
string->encodeSQL92	[string->encodeSQL92] encodes illegal characters in SQL string literals by escaping them with a single quote mark. Helps to prevent SQL injection attacks and ensures that SQL statements only...	String
string->encodeSQL	[string->encodeSQL] encodes illegal characters in SQL string literals by escaping them with a backslash. Helps to prevent SQL injection attacks and ensures that SQL statements only contain valid...	String
encode_break	[Encode_Break] takes a single argument which is a string to be encoded. It encodes any return or new line characters in the string into HTML break tags <br>. Note: This tag performs the...	String

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