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SP String Functions

Posted on by vivaclipper 
 SUBPLUS()      Returns multiple substrings
 STRPULL()      Extract text between 2 characters
 TAKEOUT()      Extract a portion of a string between delimiters at
                nth occurrance
 CRUNCH()       Moves spaces in a string to end of string
 ADDSPACE()     Pads right of string with spaces
 ARRANGE()      Rearranges text in a string
 CENTR()        Centers a string in x spaces
 _WILDCARD()    Wild Card String Compare
 ALLBUT()       Returns all but last x characters
 STRETCH()      Imbeds characters in a string
 LJUST()        Left justifies a string
 STARTSW()      Determines if a string starts with another string
 VAR2CHAR()     Converts any type variable to character type
 RJUST()        Right justifies a string
 PROPER()       Capitalizes first letters of string, lowers rest

SP__WILDCARD

Posted on by vivaclipper 
_WILDCARD()

  Short:
  ------
  _WILDCARD() Wild Card String Compare

  Returns:
  --------
  <lMatched> => match

  Syntax:
  -------
  _wildcard(<cPattern>,<cTarget>)

  Description:
  ------------
  <cPattern> is a model/wildcard pattern to search for
  and <cTarget> is a string to compare with model/pattern in
  <cPattern>.

  Like DOS wildcards, but for a string.

  <cPattern> is a string of wild cards interspersed
  with literal text to compare against the contents of <cTarget>.
  The following conventions for wild cards are followed:

    1. "*"     stands for any group of characters.

                W*r     gives fields beginning with
                     "W", ending with "r".
                *w*r    gives fields having "w"
                    before last character "r".

    2. "?"     stands for any single character.
                J?n?s   gives Janes, Janus, Jones, and so
                on.

  Examples:
  ---------
   _wildcard("Pr?fon*e", "Prefontaine" )
   // returns -> True

   _wildcard("Pr?on*e", "Prefontaine" )
   // returns -> False

   _wildcard("Stei*er","Prefontaine")
   // returns -> False

  Notes:
  -------
  This was a C function in previous SuperLibs. Now 5.01
  Clipper source code, and more reliable.

  Source:
  -------
  S_WILD.PRG