String_Only_Characters

Gets a string with the specified characters. If Ignore Case is TRUE then upper-case and lower-case letters are considered to be equal.

Parameters

String to Parse

The original string that gets stripped of all characters except those specified.

Characters to Keep

The characters that are not stripped from the original string.

Ignore Case

Indicates whether the case of the letters is taken into consideration.

Format

String_Only_Characters (String to Parse, Characters to Keep, Ignore Case)

Return Value

Returns a string where all characters in String to Parse that are not in Characters to Keep have been deleted.

Example

Script(String_Only_Characters_Test)
String(strEntered)
String(strResult)
String(strCharactersToKeep)
Activate(From_Menu)
strEntered = Ask_String("Enter some text", "String_Only_Characters_Test", 1, 99, "abcdefghijk")
strCharactersToKeep = Ask_String("Enter the characters to keep", "String_Only_Characters_Test", 1, 99, "abc")
strResult = String_Only_Characters(strEntered,
strCharactersToKeep, TRUE)
Ask_OK(strResult, "String_Only_Characters_Test")
Return

See Also

String_Set, String_Combine, String_Left, String_Right, String_Middle, String_Upper, String_Lower, String_Replace, String_Strip_Characters, String_Trim_Spaces_Start, String_Trim_Spaces_End, Number_To_String_Binary, Number_To_String_Octal, Number_To_String_Decimal, Number_To_String_Hexadecimal_Lowercase, Number_To_String_Hexadecimal_Uppercase, Ask_String, Ask_String_Password, Ask_String_Uppercase, Ask_String_Lowercase, String_Equal

 


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