BigText.GetSubText(var Text, Integer [, Integer]) Method
Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.
Gets part of a BigText variable.
Syntax
[Length := ] BigText.GetSubText(var Variable: Text, Position: Integer [, Length: Integer])
Parameters
BigText
Type: BigText
An instance of the BigText data type.
Variable
Type: Text
The sub text of the BigText that is retrieved. This is the actual text that is returned.
Position
Type: Integer
The position in the BigText variable that the sub text is to be retrieved from. If this parameter is less than one, then a run-time error occurs. If this parameter is greater than the length of the BigText variable, then an empty string is returned. If the value of this parameter plus the value of the Length parameter is greater than the length of the BigText variable, then the remainder of the BigText variable from the position specified by this parameter is returned.
[Optional] Length
Type: Integer
The length of the sub text that should be retrieved. This parameter is optional. If this parameter is omitted the function retrieves a sub text that starts at Position and runs to the end of the BigText variable. If this parameter is less than 0, then a run-time error occurs. If the value of the Position parameter plus the value of this parameter is greater than the length of the BigText variable, then the remainder of the BigText variable from the position specified by this parameter is returned.
Return Value
[Optional] Length
Type: Integer
The length of the result text.
Remarks
The first character in a BigText variable is position 1.
To delete the content in a BigText variable use the Clear Method. The following code snippet shows the syntax for the clear method. Clear(BigText).
Example 1
The following examples demonstrate how to use the GetSubText method. This example requires that you create the following global variables and text constant.
var
MyBigText: BigText;
VarSubText: Text;
Text000: Label 'VarSubText = %1';
The following example initializes the content of the MyBigText variable with the text ABCDEFG. The method starts from the third position (the character C) in the MyBigText variable and retrieves two characters. The result is the subtext CD. This is because the number 2 is specified for Length .
MyBigText.AddText('ABCDEFG');
MyBigText.GetSubText(VarSubText, 3, 2); // Returns CD.
Message(Text000, VarSubText);
Example 2
The following example initializes the content of the MyBigText variable with the text ABCDEFG. The method returns an error because zero is specified for Position.
MyBigText.AddText('ABCDEFG');
MyBigText.GetSubText(VarSubText, 0, 4); // Returns an error.
Message(Text000, VarSubText);
Example 3
The following example initializes the content of the MyBigText variable with the text ABCDEFG. The method returns an error because a negative number is specified for Length.
MyBigText.AddText('ABCDEFG');
MyBigText.GetSubText(VarSubText, 5, -2); // Returns an error.
Message(Text000, VarSubText);
Example 4
The following example initializes the content of the MyBigText variable with the text ABCDEFG. The method returns an empty string because the number specified for position is greater than the length of the MyBigText variable.
MyBigText.AddText('ABCDEFG');
MyBigText.GetSubText(VarSubText, 15, 4); // Returns an empty string.
Message(Text000, VarSubText);
Example 5
The following example initializes the content of the MyBigText variable with the text ABCDEFG. The method starts from the forth position (the character D) and retrieves all the characters in the MyBigText string. The result is the subtext DEFG. This is because the number specified for Length is greater than the length of the MyBigText variable.
MyBigText.AddText('ABCDEFG');
MyBigText.GetSubText(VarSubText, 4, 15); // Returns DEFG.
Message(Text000, VarSubText);