IB Statements/GetFormat - Revision history

Jim: new syntax

2011-08-18T21:50:29Z

new syntax

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	MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$		MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$

-	~~PutFormat MyFormat~~ MyString$	+	MyString$ = PutFormat(MyFormat)
		+
	Following the PutFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.		Following the PutFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.

Barb at 22:04, 17 May 2011

2011-05-17T22:04:33Z

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	Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.		Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.

-	See also ~~SetFormat~~	+	See also PutFormat

	This statement was introduced with Comet32.		This statement was introduced with Comet32.

-	=~~SetFormat~~=	+	=PutFormat=
-	Syntax: ~~SetFormat~~ format-statement-label string$	+	Syntax: PutFormat format-statement-label string$

-	Discussion: The ~~SetFormat~~ statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT. It "writes" the format into the string.	+	Discussion: The PutFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT. It "writes" the format into the string.

	Example:		Example:
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	MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$		MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$

-	~~SetFormat~~ MyFormat MyString$	+	PutFormat MyFormat MyString$
-	Following the ~~SetFormat~~, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.	+	Following the PutFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.

	See also GetFormat		See also GetFormat

	This statement was introduced with Comet32.		This statement was introduced with Comet32.

Jim: tried to make it more clear

2010-02-16T18:19:00Z

tried to make it more clear

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	Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$		Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$

-	Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT.	+	Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT. It "reads" the format from the string.

	Example:		Example:
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	Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$		Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$

-	Discussion: The SetFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT.	+	Discussion: The SetFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT. It "writes" the format into the string.

	Example:		Example:

Jim: /* SetFormat */ discussion fixed

2010-02-16T18:15:32Z

SetFormat: discussion fixed

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	Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$		Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$

-	Discussion: The SetFormat statement ~~load the variables in a FORMAT with~~ the contents of a string.	+	Discussion: The SetFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT.

	Example:		Example:

Jim: much better looking

2010-01-15T00:30:39Z

much better looking

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-	GetFormat	+	=GetFormat=
-	Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$	+	Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$
		+
	Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT.		Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT.
		+
	Example:		Example:

-	Length 10 & local a$,b$	+	Length 10 & local a$,b$
-	MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$	+	MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$
		+
		+	GetFormat MyFormat MyString$

-
-	~~GetFormat MyFormat MyString$~~
	Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.		Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.

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	This statement was introduced with Comet32.		This statement was introduced with Comet32.

-		+	=SetFormat=
-	SetFormat	+	Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$
-	Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$	+
-	Discussion: The SetFormat statement load the variables in a FORMAT with the contents of a string.	+	Discussion: The SetFormat statement load the variables in a FORMAT with the contents of a string.
		+
	Example:		Example:

-	Length 10 & local a$,b$	+	Length 10 & local a$,b$
-	MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$	+	MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$
-		+
-		+	SetFormat MyFormat MyString$
-	SetFormat MyFormat MyString$	+
	Following the SetFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.		Following the SetFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.

Badge at 00:55, 20 May 2009

2009-05-20T00:55:48Z

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	See also SetFormat		See also SetFormat
		+
		+	This statement was introduced with Comet32.
		+
		+
		+	SetFormat
		+	Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$
		+	Discussion: The SetFormat statement load the variables in a FORMAT with the contents of a string.
		+	Example:
		+
		+	Length 10 & local a$,b$
		+	MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$
		+
		+
		+	SetFormat MyFormat MyString$
		+	Following the SetFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.
		+
		+	See also GetFormat

	This statement was introduced with Comet32.		This statement was introduced with Comet32.

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2009-05-20T00:55:02Z

New page: GetFormat Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$ Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT. Example: Leng...

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GetFormat
Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$
Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT.
Example:

Length 10 & local a$,b$
MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$

GetFormat MyFormat MyString$
Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.

See also SetFormat

This statement was introduced with Comet32.