IB Statements/GetFormat
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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.   | 
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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  | + | See also PutFormat  | 
| This statement was introduced with Comet32. | This statement was introduced with Comet32. | ||
| - | = | + | =PutFormat= | 
| - | Syntax:   | + | Syntax:  PutFormat format-statement-label string$ | 
| - | Discussion:  The  | + | 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$;b$ | ||
| - | + |   MyString$ = PutFormat(MyFormat) | |
| - | Following the  | + | |
| + | Following the PutFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.   | ||
| See also GetFormat   | See also GetFormat   | ||
| This statement was introduced with Comet32. | This statement was introduced with Comet32. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:50, 18 August 2011
GetFormat
Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$
Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT. It "reads" the format from the string.
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 PutFormat
This statement was introduced with Comet32.
PutFormat
Syntax: PutFormat format-statement-label 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:
Length 10 & local a$,b$ MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$ MyString$ = PutFormat(MyFormat)
Following the PutFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.
See also GetFormat
This statement was introduced with Comet32.
