SELECTSTR Function

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06/05/2016

Retrieves a substring from a comma-separated string.

Syntax

  
NewString := SELECTSTR(Number, CommaString)

Parameters

Number
Type: Integer

Specifies which substring to retrieve. The substrings in the comma-separated string are numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on.

If Number is greater than the actual number of substrings, then a run-time error occurs.

CommaString
Type: Option

A string that contains substrings separated by commas. The maximum length of this string is 391 characters.

Property Value/Return Value

Type: Option

The substring that is retrieved from CommaString.

Remarks

SELECTSTR treats string values as OPTIONS. This means that identical values in different strings are not allowed.

Any trailing commas are removed before the operation starts.

If Number is less than 1 or greater than the number of real values (excluding trailing commas) in the string, then an error is returned.

Quotes are not supported. For example, a,b,"c,d",e is treated as a five-element substring where substring 4 is d".

Example 1

This example requires that you create the following variables and text constants in the C/AL Globals window.

Variable name	DataType	Length
CommaStr	Text	60
CommaStr2	Text	60
SubStr1	Text	60
SubStr2	Text	60
SubStr3	Text	60
SubStr4	Text	60

Text constant	ENU value
Text000	This,is a comma,separated,string
Text001	The calls to SELECTSTR return:\
Text002	11,22,33,,55,,,

CommaStr := Text000;  
CommaStr2 := Text002;  
SubStr1 := SELECTSTR(2, CommaStr); // Pick out the 2nd substring.  
SubStr2 := SELECTSTR(4, CommaStr); // Pick out the 4th substring.  
SubStr3 := SELECTSTR(1, CommaStr2);  
SubStr4 := SELECTSTR(3, CommaStr2);  
MESSAGE(Text001 + '>%1<\' + '>%2<\' + '>%3<\' + '>%4<\', SubStr1, SubStr2, SubStr3, SubStr4);

The message window displays the following text:

The calls to SELECTSTR return:

>is a comma<

>string<

>11<

>33<

Example 2