StrMid(

Function: Extracts from the n-th to the m-th character of a string.

Syntax: StrMid("<string>", n [,m)] (0 n 9999, n is a natural number)

Description: Omitting “m” will extract from the n-th character to the end of the string.

StrRight(

Function: Copies a string up to the nth character from the right.

Syntax: StrRight("<string>", n[)]

(0 n 9999, n is a natural number)

StrRotate(

Function: Rotates the left side part and right side part of a string at the nth character.

Syntax: StrRotate("<string>", [,n)] (–9999 n 9999, n is an integer)

Description: Rotation is to the left when “n” is positive, and to the right when “n” is negative. Omitting “n” uses a default value of +1.

Example: StrRotate("abcde", 2) ........

Returns the string “cdeab”.

StrShift(

Function: Shifts a string left or right n characters.

Syntax: StrShift("<string>", [,n)] (–9999 n 9999, n is an integer)

Description: Shift is to the left when “n” is positive, and to the right when “n” is negative. Omitting “n” uses a default value of +1.

Example: StrShift("abcde", 2) ........

Returns the string “cde”.

StrSrc(

Function: Searches “<string 1>” starting from the specified point (nth character from beginning of string) to determine if it contains the data specified by “<string 2>”. If the data is found, this command returns the location of the first character of “<string 2>”, starting from the beginning of “<string 1>”.

Syntax: StrSrc("<string 1>", "<string 2>"[,n)]

(0 n 9999, n is a natural number)

Description: Omitting the start point causes the search to start from the beginning of “<string 1>”.

StrUpr(

Function: Converts all the characters of a string to upper case.

Syntax: StrUpr("<string>"[)]

+

Function: Joins “<string 1>” and “<string 2>”.

Syntax: "<string 1>"+"<string 2>"

Example: "abc"+"de"μStr 1.......... Assigns “abcde” to Str 1.

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