StripParenthesis

Icetips Utilities Documentation 7/6/2014

String Class: StripParenthesis

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Prototype:

(String pTxt, <String pParLeft>,<String pParRight>),String

pTxt	String to parse parenthesis out of

pParLeft

Optional character for left parenthesis (opening)

pParRight

Optional character for right parenthesis (closing)

Returns

Returns contents of pTxt without opening/closing parenthesis

This method removes an opening and closing pair of parenthesis from the beginning and end of string. The left and right parenthesis can be set to different characters if the contents needs to be removed from square brackets for example.

Example:

ITS ITStringClass

S String(1024)

Code

S = '(123+x)'

Message('Stripped: ' & ITS.StripParenthesis(S))

! Would show '123+x'

S = '[APPLICATION]'

Message('Stripped: ' & ITS.StripParenthesis(S))

! Would show 'APPLICATION'