Siemens SINUMERIK 808D ADVANCED Series

Commissioning Manual
6FC5397-4EP10-0BA8, 07/2018
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Function name
Description
string.right
The function extracts the last nCount character from string 1 and
copies this to the return variable.
Parameter:
str1
- string
nCount
- number of characters
Syntax:
<function name="string.right" return="<result
string>"> str1, nCount </function>
Example:
<let name="str1" type="string">A brown bear hunts a
brown dog.</let>
<let name="str2" type="string"></let
<function name="string.right " return="str2"> str1,
10 </function>
Result:
str2="brown dog."
string.middle
The function extracts the specified number of characters from string
1, starting from the iFirst index, and copies these to the return varia-
ble.
Parameter:
str1
- string
iFirst
- start index
nCount
- number of characters
Syntax:
<function name="string.middle" return="<result
string>"> str1, iFirst, nCount </function>
Example:
<let name="str1" type="string">A brown bear hunts a
brown dog.</let>
<let name="str2" type="string"></let
<function name="string.middle " return="str2">
str1, 2, 5 </function>
Result:
str2="brown"