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A5_EXTRACT_ADVANCE Function

Syntax

Result_String as C = a5_extract_advance(C string ,C Start_string ,C End_string [,L include_tags [,L case_sensitive ]])

Arguments

Result_String: The data found between Start_String and End_String.
string: The data to process. Character
Start_string: The text that bounds Result_String on the left. Character
End_string: The text that bounds Result_String on the right. Character
include_tags: Optional. Default = .F. ; .F. = Does not return the Start_String and End_String, .T. = Returns the Start_String and End_String. Logical
case_sensitive: Logical. Optional. Default = .F., .F. = The search for Start_String and End_String is not case sensitive, .T. = The search for Start_String and End_String is case sensitive.

Description

Extracts the first occurrences of a sub-string starting with 'start_string' and ending with 'end_string'.

Discussion

The A5_EXTRACT_ADVANCE() function will find and return the text between two character strings, optionally including the two character strings.

Example

? a5_extract_advance("this is a string with several  words", "string", "several", .f., .f.)
= " with "