Lasso Programming: Lasso Language Reference

Name	Summary	Category
string->chartype	[String->CharType] returns the Unicode type of a specified character. The character within the base string to be inspected is specified starting from 1 for the first character in the string.	String
string->digit	[String->Digit] returns the integer value of a specified character for a specified radix or -1 if the character is not defined for the specified radix. The character within the base string to be...	String
string->foldcase	[String->FoldCase] modifies the base string in-place by converting all characters in the string appropriately for a case-insensitive comparison. This method performs the same operation that Lasso...	String
string->getnumericvalue	[String->GetNumericValue] returns the decimal value of a specified character if numeric, or -123456789.000000 if the character is non-numeric. The character within the base string to be inspected...	String
string->encodehtml	The [string->encodehtml] method has two forms. The first form takes no parameters, and the second takes two boolean parameters. Both forms accept a string and change any reserved,...	String
string->decodehtml	The [string->decodehtml] method decodes HTML entitites into UTF-8 characters which can be handled natively by Lasso's string type. [string->decodehtml] performs the opposite operation of...	String
string->encodexml	[string->encodexml] encodes any XML reserved or illegal characters in the string object into XML entities. This method ensures that text will display with high fidelity in a Web browser....	String
string->decodexml	[string->decodexml] decodes XML entitites into UTF-8 characters which can be handled natively by Lasso's string type. [string->decodexml] performs the opposite operation of the...	String
string->encodehtmltoxml	[string->encodehtmltoxml] converts the encoding of a string from HTML encoding to XML encoding. This method can be used on a string which is already HTML encoded but needs to be used within an XML...	String
string->find	[String->Find] returns the position at which the first parameter is found the first time within the string object, or 0 if the first parameter is not found within the string object. Requires a...	String
string->findlast	[String->FindLast] returns the position of the last occurrence at which the first parameter is found within the string object, or 0 if the first parameter is not found within the string object....	String
string->contains	[String->Contains] returns True if the string contains the parameter as a substring. Requires a single string parameter. The test is not case sensitive.	String
string->get	[String->Get] returns a specific character from the string. Requires a single integer parameter.	String
string->endsWith	[String->EndsWith] returns True if the string object ends with the string parameter, False otherwise. Requires a single string parameter. The test is not case sensitive. An optional -Case...	String
string->equals	[String->Equals] compares the string parameter against the string object, and returns True if they are equivalent, else False. This method performs exactly the same comparison as the == symbol....	String
string->compare	[String->Compare] compares the first parameter to the base string and returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if the characters in the string are bitwise greater than the parameter, and -1 if the...	String
string->forEachCharacter	[string->forEachCharacter] permits each character to be accessed in a forEach method.	String
string->forEachLineBreak	This method takes a capture block and executes that block once for every substring that would be generated by splitting the base string object on a line break. Every linebreak is recognized:...	String
string->forEachWordBreak	[string->forEachWordBreak] permits each "word" to be accessed in a forEach method.	String
string->eachWordBreak	[string->eachWordBreak] permits a query expression to be executed over all the "words" in the string.	String
string->eachCharacter	[string->eachCharacter] permits a query expression to be executed over all the characters in the string.	String
string->forEachMatch	[string->forEachMatch] permits each regular expression match to be accessed in a forEach method.	String
string->eachMatch	[string->eachMatch] permits a query expression to be executed on the result of matches from the regular expression performed on the string.	String
string->encodeSQL92	[string->encodeSQL92] encodes illegal characters in SQL string literals by escaping them with a single quote mark. Helps to prevent SQL injection attacks and ensures that SQL statements only...	String
string->encodeSQL	[string->encodeSQL] encodes illegal characters in SQL string literals by escaping them with a backslash. Helps to prevent SQL injection attacks and ensures that SQL statements only contain valid...	String

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