Word()

Summary

Extracts one word from a string.

 

Changes

Added negative position and optional delimiter in Version 6.0/2012.

 

Syntax

w = Word(string str, integer pos, optional string delim)

 

Argument	Contents
str	Any string
pos	The position of the word to be returned; negative value searches from the end
delim	An optional string of delimiter characters

 

Returns

A string that is a substring of str that corresponds to the specified word.

 

Notes

• If pos is negative then the words are counted from the end of the string.

• Words are separated by spaces, tabs, and punctuation marks, and optionally any characters in delim.

Example

Word("the quick brown fox", 2)       // returns "quick"

Word("the quick brown fox", 5)       // returns null

Word("the quick brown fox", 1)       // returns "the"

Word("the quick brown fox", -1)      // returns "fox"

Word("the#quick#brown#fox", -2, "#") // returns "brown"

 

See Also

Function	Summary
CompareStrings()	Compares two strings to see if they match
JoinStrings()	Returns a concatenated string separated by the delimiter
SplitString()	Divides a string into pieces separated by vertical bars (|)
ParseString()	Divides a string into pieces separated by the specified delimiters
Substring()	Extracts a portion of a string