Modern String ExtractChars

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ExtractChars

Returns the text before the first character from a set.

Syntax

ExtractChars( start, s, chars [, ic] )

Notes

• O(n*k)

Examples

#import "std/strings"
using strings

print ExtractChars( 1, "abacadabra", "cd" )     '' aba -- stops at the first c or d
print ExtractChars( 1, "abacadabra", "xyz" )    '' abacadabra -- a miss keeps the remainder

'' Reading a key up to whichever delimiter comes first
print ExtractChars( 1, "width: 80", ":= " )     '' width

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Library: String Library
Category: String Library
Documented under: The Functions