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sriram_srec

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:42 am    Post subject: What are the string operations
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What are various string operations in NATURAL like Mid$ and InStr$ in VB
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:27 pm    Post subject: Re: What are the string operations
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Hi,


String Operations


Examine(Will help U in giving No of occurances of an Alphabet or No in a particular string and To find length,U can Replace or Delete a particular Word in string and also to find position ) , Compress( To compress the More than two Strings into one)
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:06 pm    Post subject:
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This is one of the weaknesses of NATURAL - It doesn't have string manipulation functions like in REXX or VB.
EXAMINE, EXAMINE TRANSLATE, COMPRESS, SEPARATE & MOVE SUBSTRING are the most you can get. Also, you have the MASK & PATTERN options of IF.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:12 pm    Post subject: Re: What are the string operations
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Thanks for all your replies.

Cheers!!!
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