stristr
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Summary
Function: string Stristr( string haystack, string needle, integer after_needle );
Returns part of haystack string from the first occurrence of needle to the end of haystack.
Returns a string containing the text from haystack that comes before or after needle.
• string | haystack | – | The input string | |
• string | needle | – | the search within | |
• integer | after_needle | – | If TRUE, Stristr returns the part of the haystack after the first occurrence of the needle, otherwise before first occurrence. |
Specification
<lsl>//Function created by Ugleh Ulrik string stristr(string haystack, string needle, integer after_needle){
if(haystack) {//we have a haystack, it's not "" //Now find us a needle! integer pos = llSubStringIndex(haystack, needle); if(~pos) {//We have found a needle! if(after_needle)//return what comes after needle return llGetSubString(haystack, pos + llStringLength(needle), -1); return llDeleteSubString(haystack, pos, -1); } } return "";
} </lsl>
Examples
This example uses its basic feature, to provide the content left, or right of the searched string. <lsl>default {
touch_start(integer total_number) { string source = "Hello there, Ugleh is my name!"; string mess = stristr(source,"Ugleh",TRUE); //True means after Needle llOwnerSay(mess);//outputs " is my name!" mess = stristr(source,"Ugleh",FALSE); //False means before Needle. llOwnerSay(mess);//outputs "Hello there, " }}</lsl>
See Also
Functions
• | llSubStringIndex | – | Find a string in another string | |
• | llParseString2List | – | Split a string up into a list | |
• | llParseStringKeepNulls | – | Like llParseString2List but it keeps empty strings | |
• | llListFindList | – | Like llSubStringIndex but for lists |