TextMerge Function | |
Provides evaluation of a character expression.
Namespace:
XSharp.VFP
Assembly:
XSharp.VFP (in XSharp.VFP.dll) Version: 2.19
Syntax [NeedsAccessToLocalsAttribute(FALSE)]
FUNCTION TextMerge(
cExpression,
lRecursive,
cLeftDelim,
cRightDelim
) AS STRING CLIPPER
[NeedsAccessToLocalsAttribute(false)]
[ClipperCallingConventionAttribute(new string[] { ... })]
public static string TextMerge(
Usual cExpression = default,
Usual lRecursive = default,
Usual cLeftDelim = default,
Usual cRightDelim = default
)
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- cExpression (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies the string expression to be evaluated.
- lRecursive (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies whether to repeatedly iterate through all levels of delimiters in cExpression, evaluating until no text merge delimiters remain.
- cLeftDelim (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies the left delimiter to use for the text merge search. cLeftDelim is limited to two characters.
- cRightDelim (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies the right delimiter to use for the text merge search. cRightDelim is limited to two characters.
Return Value
Type:
String
Character string. Represents the value of cExpression, the merged text.
Remarks
The cLeftDelim and cRightDelim parameters temporarily override any Set TEXTMERGE DELIMITERS values.
The TEXTMERGE( ) function responds to current settings of Set TEXTMERGE SHOW | NOSHOW.
Examples 1Set TEXTMERGE OFF
2TEXT to myvar noshow
3this is a test <<datetime()>>
4<<program(-1)>>
5<<myvar>>
6textmerge(myvar) (this line is literal)
7<<doit(myvar)>> (cause recursion
8END of orig text
9endtext
10?myvar
11?"Now starting textmerge"
12?textmerge(myvar)
13PROCEDURE doit(myvar)
14* r=i
15if program(-1) > 3
16return "THEEND*********"
17endif
18return textmerge(myvar)
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