Working with Strings

A string in SPEL+ is a set of ASCII characters (Code &h01 to &hff) with a maximum length of 255.

You must declare strings in your programs with the String instruction.

All string variable names must end with a dollar sign ($) suffix.

The following table shows the string commands available in SPEL+.

Keyword	Description
Asc	Returns the decimal ASCII value of the first character in a string.
Chr$	Returns the character corresponding to the character code.
FmtStr	Formats a numerical or date/time expression.
FmtStr$	Formats a numerical or date/time expression.
Hex$	Returns a string containing the hexadecimal value of a number.
InStr	Returns the position of a substring within a string.
LCase$	Returns the specified string in lower case characters.
Left$	Returns a substring beginning with the first character of a string.
Len	Returns the length (number of characters) of a string.
LTrim$	Returns the specified string with left spaces removed.
Mid$	Returns a substring of a string.
ParseStr	Parses a string into an array of tokens.
Right$	Returns a substring from the end of a string.
RTrim$	Returns the specified string with right spaces removed.
Space$	Returns a string containing a specified number of space (ASCII 32) characters.
Str$	Converts a number to a string.
String	Declare a string variable in a program.
Tab$	Returns a tab string.
Trim$	Returns the specified string without spaces before or after.
UCase$	Returns the specified string in upper case characters.
Val	Converts a string to a number.