Xbasic

LEADING Function

Syntax

Separation_Characters as C = LEADING(C strings,N word_number)

Arguments

strings: A string expression containing words separated by repeating characters.
word_number: Specifies the word in the Input_String to examine. Numeric

Description

Returns the non-word characters preceding the specified word.

Discussion

LEADING() returns the characters that separate the word_number word in strings from the previous word.

Example

leading("now.is the,time", 2) -> "."
leading("now.is the,time", 3) -> " "
leading("now.is the,time", 4) -> ","
leading("now...is,,,,the:::time", 4) -> ":::"
leading("now...is,,,,the:::time", 3) -> ",,,,"