Section 5. Real-Time Tools
5.2.1.4.7 String Functions
Function Description
Hex Returns a hexadecimal string representation of an
expression.
HexToDec Converts a hexadecimal string to a float or integer.
InStr Finds the location of a string within a string.
InStrRev Finds the location of a string within a string. (Differs
from InStr in that it searches from the end of the string
rather than from the start of the string.)
Left Returns a substring that is a defined number of
characters from the left side of the original string.
Len Returns the number of bytes in a string.
LTrim Returns a copy of a string with no leading spaces.
Mid Returns a substring that is within a string.
Replace Used to search a string for a substring, and replace that
substring with a different string.
Right Returns a substring that is a defined number of
characters from the right side of the original string.
RTrim Returns a copy of a string with no trailing spaces.
Space Returns a string value that is filled with a defined
number of spaces
StrComp Compares two strings by subtracting the characters in
one string from the characters in another.
StrReverse Returns a copy of a string with the characters in reverse
order.
Trim Returns a copy of a string with no leading or trailing
spaces.
5.2.1.4.8 Conversion Functions
Function Description
ToDate Converts a value to a date.
ToFloat Converts a value to a floating point number.
ToInt Converts a value to an integer.
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