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|p1_type=string|p1_name=src
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|p2_type=string|p2_name=divider
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|return_type=integer
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|return_text=that is the text in '''src''' that is right of the first occurrence of '''divider'''.  
|return_text=that is the text in '''src''' that is right of the first occurrence of '''divider'''.  
|func_desc=Returns text right of a specified separator
|func_desc=Returns text right of a specified separator

Revision as of 18:47, 14 July 2008

Summary

Function: string right( string src, string divider );

Returns text right of a specified separator
Returns a string that is the text in src that is right of the first occurrence of divider.

• string src
• string divider

You can, for example, loop through a list, passing it extracted values from the list and the mask, and it will let you pull out items from the list which are a valid match according to the mask criteria you specified.

If divider is not found then src is returned in it's entirety.

See also: Left

Specification

<lsl>string right(string src, string divider) {

   integer index = llSubStringIndex( src, divider );
   if(~index)
       return llDeleteSubString( src, 0, index + llStringLength(divider) - 1);
   return src;

}</lsl>

Examples

<lsl>string value = right("Colour=Brown", "="); //value == "Brown"</lsl>

Deep Notes

Source

Posted here with the kind permission of Very Keynes. Originally posted February 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=243445 .

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