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Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Using the Text Utilities
This section provides you with general information about how to use each group of Text Utilities routines. A description of the basic concepts that each group deals with is provided so that you can learn how to choose the appropriate function to meet your needs. The following areas are covered:
- how to define strings
- how to retrieve the values of string resources
- how to compare and sort strings, including how to sort strings in a
multi-language environment- how to modify strings by converting between uppercase and lowercase and
stripping diacritical marks- how to truncate strings to fit in specified screen areas
- how to search for and replace portions of strings
- how to find word, line, and script run boundaries in strings
- how to convert date and time values into strings, accommodating different international formats for the strings
- how to convert date and time strings into internal numeric representations
- how to convert numeric values into strings, accommodating different international formats for the numbers
Subtopics
- Defining Strings
- Sorting Strings in Different Languages
- Sorting Strings in the Same Language
- Modifying Text
- Finding Word, Line, and Script Run Boundaries
- Working With Date and Time Strings
- Working With Numeric Strings