GT_STRLEFT()

Find length of prefix of a string

Syntax

GT_StrLeft(<cStr>, <cChars>) --> nLen

Arguments

<cStr> - The input string <cChars> - The set of characters to find

Returns

nLen - The length of the prefix found.

Description

Return the length of the leading segment in the passed string <cStr> that consists solely of the characters in the character set <cChars>.

If no characters in the the search set are found, the function shall return 0

      ? GT_StrLeft("this is a test", "hsit ")       // prints 8
      ? GT_StrLeft("this is a test", "hit a")       // prints 3
      ? GT_StrLeft("this is a test", "zxy")         // prints 0

Status

Ready

Files

Library is libgt