String Functions

This section contains topics on the following functions:

Function	Description
BuildString	Lets you create, manipulate and analyse a special collection of string data known as an Object, before returning its contents as a regular string value.
Chr	Searches a string for a single character based on a specific index.
ComputeSHA1Hash	Encrypts a string using the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1), returning the encrypted string as its result.
ComputeSHA256Hash	Encrypts a string using the Secure Hash Algorithm 256 (SHA-256), returning the encrypted string as its result.
Decrypt	Converts a string encrypted by the Encrypt function back to its original form.
Encrypt	Converts a plain text string to an encrypted equivalent using simple Cipher Block Chaining (CBC).
FormatString	Inserts values into specific points in an existing string and returns the updated result.
HTMLDecode	Converts HTML-safe text to its original format by substituting 'safe' characters with their 'unsafe' equivalents.
HTMLEncode	Converts a string into a HTML-safe version by substituting 'unsafe' characters with their 'safe' equivalents.
IsMatch	Checks a string to see if it matches another value or a regular expression pattern.
JoinStrings	Concatenates a series of string values into a single string.
LTrim	Removes all empty characters (whitespace) from the left side of a specified string.
RemoveDecimal	Removes the decimal separator from a numeric value.
RemoveFormatting	Removes all formatting from a string.
ReplaceTextWithPattern	Replaces all instances of the a sub-string with another, before returning the modified string.
RTrim	Removes all empty characters (whitespace) from the right side of a specified string.
SplitStringIntoKeywords	Separates a string into a series of sub-strings and assigns each one to a corresponding variable.
Str	Converts a value into a string.
StringIndexOf	Searches a string for the first occurrence of a specified sub-string.
StringLastIndexOf	Searches a string for the last occurrence of a specified sub-string.
StringOccurrenceCount	Counts the number of times a sub-string occurs inside another string.
StringToLower	Converts a text string to lower case.
StringToTitleCase	Converts a text string to title case by capitalising the first letter of each word.
StringToUpper	Converts a text string to upper case.
StrLen	Counts the number of characters in a string.
SubStr	Extracts a sub-string from within another string.
Trim	Removes all empty characters (whitespace) from either side of the specified string.
URLDecode	Converts URL-safe text to its original format by substituting 'safe' characters with their 'unsafe' equivalents.
URLEncode	Converts a string into a URL-safe version by substituting invalid characters with their valid equivalents.