String Functions

Function Description
Returns a one-character native string that corresponds to
char_string
the specified character code.
Returns a decimal string of the specified length or longer,
decimal_lpad
left-padded with a specified character as needed.
Returns a decimal string of the specified length or longer,
decimal_lrepad left-padded with a specified character as needed and
trimmed of leading zeros.
Returns a decimal from a string that has been trimmed of
decimal_strip
leading zeros and non-numeric characters.
Returns 1 (true) if a string ends with the specified suffix;
ends_with
0 (false) otherwise.
is_blank Tests whether a string contains only blank characters.
is_bzero Tests whether an object is composed of all binary zero bytes.
Returns the first string in a target string that matches a regular
re_get_match
expression.
Returns a vector of substrings of a target string that match a regular
re_get_matches
expression containing up to nine capturing groups.
Returns the index of the first character of a substring of a target
re_index
string that matches a specified regular expression.
Replaces substrings of a target string that match a specified
re_match_replace
regular expression.
Replaces all substrings in a target string that match a specified regular
re_replace
expression.
Replaces the first substring in a target string that matches a specified
re_replace_first
regular expression.
starts_with Returns true if the string starts with the supplied prefix.
string_char Returns the character code of a specific character in a string.
string_compare Returns a number representing the result of comparing two strings.
string_concat Concatenates multiple string arguments and returns a NUL-delimited string.
string_downcase Returns a string with any uppercase letters converted to lowercase.
Compares the contents of two strings and returns a string containing characters
string_filter
that appear in both of them.
string_filter_out Returns characters that appear in one string but not in another.
Returns the index of the first character of the first occurrence of a string within
string_index
another string.
string_is_alphabetic Returns 1 if a specified string contains all alphabetic characters, or 0 otherwise.
string_is_numeric Returns 1 if a specified string contains all numeric characters, or 0 otherwise.
string_join Concatenates vector string elements into a single string.
string_length Returns the number of characters in a string.
string_like Tests whether a string matches a specified pattern.
string_lpad Returns a string of a specified length, left-padded with a given character.
 Returns a string of a specified length, trimmed of leading and trailing blanks
string_lrepad and
left-padded with a given character.
string_lrtrim Returns a string trimmed of leading and trailing blank characters.
string_ltrim Returns a string trimmed of leading blank characters.
string_pad Returns a right-padded string.
Returns a substring that starts at the beginning of the parent string and is of the
string_prefix
specified length.
Returns a string of a specified length trimmed of any leading and trailing blank
string_repad characters,
then right-padded with a given character.
string_replace Returns a string after replacing one substring with another.
Return+B14s a string after replacing the first occurrence of one substring with
string_replace_first
another.
Returns the index of the first character of the last occurrence of a string within
string_rindex
another string.
string_split Returns a vector consisting of substrings of a specified string.
string_split_no_empty Behaves like string_split, but excludes empty strings from its output.
string_substring Returns a substring of a string.
string_trim Returns a string trimmed of trailing blank characters.
string_upcase Returns a string with any lowercase letters converted to uppercase.
test_characters_all Tests a string for the presence of ALL characters in another string.
test_characters_any Tests a string for the presence of ANY characters in another string.