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