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character.) Raw strings also may be contained in triple quotes for them to
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be multi-line, so they can include literal newline or quote characters
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(although still not three quotes in a row).</p>
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<p class="Pp">The following functions operate on string expressions. Most of
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them return a string, however some of these functions actually return an
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integer and can be used as part of an integer expression!</p>
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<p class="Pp">The following functions operate on string expressions, and return
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strings themselves.</p>
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<table class="Bl-column">
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<tr id="Name~3">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Name~3"><b class="Sy">Name</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Operation~3"><b class="Sy" id="Operation~3">Operation</b></a></td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRLEN">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRLEN"><code class="Fn">STRLEN</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the number of characters in <var class="Ar">str</var>.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRCAT">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRCAT"><code class="Fn">STRCAT</code></a>(<var class="Fa">strs...</var>)</td>
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<td>Concatenates <var class="Ar">strs</var>.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRCMP">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRCMP"><code class="Fn">STRCMP</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str1</var>,
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<var class="Fa">str2</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns -1 if <var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">is
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alphabetically lower than</span> <var class="Ar">str2</var> ,
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<span class="No">zero if they match, 1 if</span>
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<var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">is greater than</span>
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<var class="Ar">str2</var>.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRIN">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRIN"><code class="Fn">STRIN</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str1</var>,
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<var class="Fa">str2</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the first position of <var class="Ar">str2</var>
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<span class="No">in</span> <var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">or
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zero if it's not present</span> (first character is position 1).</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRRIN">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRRIN"><code class="Fn">STRRIN</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str1</var>,
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<var class="Fa">str2</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the last position of <var class="Ar">str2</var>
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<span class="No">in</span> <var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">or
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zero if it's not present</span> (first character is position 1).</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRSUB">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRSUB"><code class="Fn">STRSUB</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">pos</var>, <var class="Fa">len</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns a substring from <var class="Ar">str</var>
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<span class="No">starting at</span> <var class="Ar">pos</var>
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<span class="No">(first character is position 1, last is position -1)
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and</span> <var class="Ar">len</var> <span class="No">characters long.
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If</span> <var class="Ar">len</var> <span class="No">is not specified the
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substring continues to the end of</span> <var class="Ar">str</var>.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRUPR">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRUPR"><code class="Fn">STRUPR</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns <var class="Ar">str</var> <span class="No">with all ASCII
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letters</span> (&#x2018;<code class="Li">A-Z</code>&#x2019;) in
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lowercase.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRSLICE">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRSLICE"><code class="Fn">STRSLICE</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">start</var>, <var class="Fa">stop</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns a substring of <var class="Ar">str</var>
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<span class="No">starting at</span> <var class="Ar">start</var>
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<span class="No">and ending at</span> <var class="Ar">stop</var>
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<span class="No">(exclusive). If</span> <var class="Ar">stop</var>
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<span class="No">is not specified, the substring continues to the end
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of</span> <var class="Ar">str</var>.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRRPL">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRRPL"><code class="Fn">STRRPL</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">old</var>, <var class="Fa">new</var>)</td>
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<var class="Ar">args</var> (&#x2018;%%&#x2019; is replaced by the
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&#x2018;%&#x2019; character).</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRCHAR">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRCHAR"><code class="Fn">STRCHAR</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">idx</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the substring of <var class="Ar">str</var> <span class="No">for
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the charmap entry at</span> <var class="Ar">idx</var>
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<span class="No">with the current charmap</span>.
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(<var class="Ar">idx</var> <span class="No">counts charmap entries, not
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characters.</span>)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="REVCHAR">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#REVCHAR"><code class="Fn">REVCHAR</code></a>(<var class="Fa">vals...</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the string that is mapped to <var class="Ar">vals</var>
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<span class="No">with the current charmap. If there is no unique charmap
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entry for</span> <var class="Ar">vals</var>, an error occurs.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p class="Pp">The following functions operate on string expressions, but return
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integers.</p>
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<table class="Bl-column">
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<tr id="Name~4">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Name~4"><b class="Sy">Name</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Operation~4"><b class="Sy" id="Operation~4">Operation</b></a></td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRLEN">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRLEN"><code class="Fn">STRLEN</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the number of characters in <var class="Ar">str</var>.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRCMP">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRCMP"><code class="Fn">STRCMP</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str1</var>,
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<var class="Fa">str2</var>)</td>
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<td>Compares <var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">and</span>
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<var class="Ar">str2</var> <span class="No">according to ASCII ordering of
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their characters. Returns -1 if</span> <var class="Ar">str1</var>
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<span class="No">is lower than</span> <var class="Ar">str2</var>, 1 if
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<var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">is greater than</span>
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<var class="Ar">str2</var>, or 0 if they match.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRFIND">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRFIND"><code class="Fn">STRFIND</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">sub</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the first index of <var class="Ar">sub</var>
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<span class="No">in</span> <var class="Ar">str</var>, or -1 if it's not
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present.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRRFIND">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRRFIND"><code class="Fn">STRRFIND</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">sub</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the last index of <var class="Ar">sub</var>
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<span class="No">in</span> <var class="Ar">str</var>, or -1 if it's not
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present.</td>
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</tr>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#INCHARMAP"><code class="Fn">INCHARMAP</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns 1 if <var class="Ar">str</var> <span class="No">has an entry in
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the current charmap, and 0 otherwise</span>.</td>
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the current charmap, or 0 otherwise</span>.</td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#CHARLEN"><code class="Fn">CHARLEN</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the number of charmap entries in <var class="Ar">str</var>
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<span class="No">with the current charmap</span>.</td>
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<tr id="CHARCMP">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#CHARCMP"><code class="Fn">CHARCMP</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str1</var>,
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<var class="Fa">str2</var>)</td>
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<td>Compares <var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">and</span>
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<var class="Ar">str2</var> <span class="No">according to their charmap
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entry values with the current charmap. Returns -1 if</span>
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<var class="Ar">str1</var> <span class="No">is lower than</span>
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<var class="Ar">str2</var>, 1 if <var class="Ar">str1</var>
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<span class="No">is greater than</span> <var class="Ar">str2</var>, or 0
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if they match.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="CHARSIZE">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#CHARSIZE"><code class="Fn">CHARSIZE</code></a>(<var class="Fa">char</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns how many values are in the charmap entry for
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<var class="Ar">char</var> <span class="No">with the current
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charmap.</span></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p class="Pp">Note that the first character of a string is at index 0, and the
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last is at index -1.</p>
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<p class="Pp" id="position">The following legacy functions are similar to other
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functions that operate on string expressions, but for historical reasons,
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they count characters starting from
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<a class="permalink" href="#position"><i class="Em">position 1</i></a>, not
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from index 0! (Position -1 still counts from the last character.)</p>
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<table class="Bl-column">
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<tr id="Name~5">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Name~5"><b class="Sy">Name</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Operation~5"><b class="Sy" id="Operation~5">Operation</b></a></td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="STRSUB">
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRSUB"><code class="Fn">STRSUB</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">pos</var>, <var class="Fa">len</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns a substring of <var class="Ar">str</var>
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<span class="No">starting at</span> <var class="Ar">pos</var>
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<span class="No">and</span> <var class="Ar">len</var>
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<span class="No">characters long. If</span> <var class="Ar">len</var>
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<span class="No">is not specified, the substring continues to the end
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of</span> <var class="Ar">str</var> .</td>
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</tr>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRIN"><code class="Fn">STRIN</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<var class="Fa">sub</var>)</td>
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<td>Returns the first position of <var class="Ar">sub</var>
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<span class="No">in</span> <var class="Ar">str</var>, or 0 if it's not
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</tr>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#STRRIN"><code class="Fn">STRRIN</code></a>(<var class="Fa">str</var>,
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<td>Returns the last position of <var class="Ar">sub</var>
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<td>Returns the substring of <var class="Ar">str</var> <span class="No">for
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<p class="Pp">There are a few other functions that do things beyond numeric or
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Name~4"><b class="Sy">Name</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Operation~4"><b class="Sy" id="Operation~4">Operation</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Name~6"><b class="Sy">Name</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Operation~6"><b class="Sy" id="Operation~6">Operation</b></a></td>
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<p class="Pp">The following symbols are defined by the assembler:</p>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Name~5"><b class="Sy">Name</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Name~7"><b class="Sy">Name</b></a></td>
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<td><a class="permalink" href="#Type~2"><b class="Sy" id="Type~2">Type</b></a></td>
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