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String.captureWord([targetAttributeStr])


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String.captureWord(targetAttributeStr)

String.captureWord()

String.captureWord

Matches a word character at the start of String up to the first non-word character and stores the word in the specified targetAttributeStr, a quoted name of an attribute, and returns the string that follows this word. Fails if the string is empty or entirely white space.

What constitutes a word? This operator captures text from the current position up to (but not including) the next character that is a digit, whitespace, or punctuation.

If the targetAttributeStr is omitted the String is advanced to the end so processing ceases.

The value given for targetAttributeSt can be:

For example, if the stream is "Hello world":

vString = $Text.captureWord("SomeAttribute"); 

results in attribute $SomeAttribute holding the value "Hello" and the variable vText holding the value " world". If the stream does not start with a word, the operator fails. So, for a stream of "5. Hello world":

vString = $Text.captureWord("SomeAttribute"); 

results in attribute $SomeAttribute holding no value and the variable vString hosing the value "5. Hello world".


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