MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)
STR.Retain
Retains Specified Substrings in a String
Intention
This command is used to retain only the substrings in the source string that match the entire given match string. All other characters are removed.
•The command is case-sensitive.
•When you use STR.Retain, the function looks for the entire match string as a substring in the source string.
It will keep only those substrings that match the match string.
Syntax
STR.Retain|P1|P2[|P3]
STR.Rtn|P1|P2[|P3]
Parameter Explanation
•P1 - (Source String) The main string from which to retain substrings.
•P2 - (Match String) The string containing the substring to be retained.
•P3 - (Optional) Variable for the result. If omitted, the result is placed in P1.
Example
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' STR.-Sample
'***********************************
$$SRC=<abc123abc123>
$$MAT=<abc>
STR.Retain|$$SRC|$$MAT|$$RES
' $$RES will contain "abcabc"
ENR.
Remarks
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Limitations:
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See also:
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