StringParser (open)

Constructor

• MACRO NEW(STRING data)
  

  Initializes a string parser

Properties

• PROPERTY current
  

  Current character, or empty string at eof.

• PROPERTY eof
  

  Whether position is at end of data

• PROPERTY position
  

  Integer with current position within data

• PROPERTY remaining_data
  

  Returns current character and the rest of the unparsed data

• PROPERTY set_all
  

  A string with all byte characters (0-255)

• PROPERTY set_alpha
  

  A string with ASCII letters (a-z, A-Z)

• PROPERTY set_ascii
  

  A string with all ASCII characters (0-127)

• PROPERTY set_control
  

  A string with all control characters (0-31, 127)

• PROPERTY set_digit
  

  A string with all ASCII digits (0-9)

Functions

• INTEGER FUNCTION GetDistanceFromState(RECORD state)
  

  Returns the difference in characters from a saved state to the current position.

• STRING FUNCTION GetLastParsed(INTEGER n)
  

  Get the last N parsed characters, without moving the current position

• STRING FUNCTION GetRemainingData()
  

  Returns all reamining (unparsed) data (inclusing current character)

• BOOLEAN FUNCTION Next()
  

  Set position to the next character, returns whether eof has been reached

• STRING FUNCTION ParseN(INTEGER n)
  

  Parses a number characters

• STRING FUNCTION ParseUntilCharacter(STRING c)
  

  Parses until a specific character, or the end of the data. Returns the data from the current position up to (but not including) the end character

• STRING FUNCTION ParseWhileInSet(STRING myset)
  

  Parses all subsequent characters that are in the set

• STRING FUNCTION ParseWhileNotInSet(STRING myset)
  

  Parses all subsequent characters that are not in the set

• STRING FUNCTION PeekN(INTEGER n, INTEGER pluspos)
  

  Returns the next N characters, without moving the current position

• STRING FUNCTION RemoveFromSet(STRING myset, STRING removethese)
  

  Removes a number of characters from a character set

• MACRO Reset(STRING data)
  

  Resets the parser for a new string

• MACRO RestoreState(RECORD state)
  

  Restores the state of the stringparser

• RECORD FUNCTION SaveState()
  

  Saves the state of the stringparser

• BOOLEAN FUNCTION SkipN(INTEGER n)
  

  Skips N characters

• BOOLEAN FUNCTION TryParse(STRING c)
  

  Tries to parse a string, returns whether successful.

• BOOLEAN FUNCTION TryParseCase(STRING c)
  

  Tries to parse a string (case insensitive), returns whether successful.