TextMerge Function |  |
Provides evaluation of a character expression.
Namespace: XSharp.VFP
Assembly: XSharp.VFP (in XSharp.VFP.dll) Version: 2.21
Syntax[NeedsAccessToLocalsAttribute(FALSE)] FUNCTION TextMerge( cExpression, lRecursive, cLeftDelim, cRightDelim ) AS STRING CLIPPER
Parameters
- cExpression (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies the string expression to be evaluated. - lRecursive (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies whether to repeatedly iterate through all levels of delimiters in cExpression, evaluating until no text merge delimiters remain. - cLeftDelim (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies the left delimiter to use for the text merge search. cLeftDelim is limited to two characters. - cRightDelim (Optional)
- Type: Usual
Specifies the right delimiter to use for the text merge search. cRightDelim is limited to two characters.
Return Value
Type: StringCharacter string. Represents the value of cExpression, the merged text.
Remarks
The cLeftDelim and cRightDelim parameters temporarily override any Set TEXTMERGE DELIMITERS values.
The TEXTMERGE( ) function responds to current settings of Set TEXTMERGE SHOW | NOSHOW.
The TEXTMERGE( ) function responds to current settings of Set TEXTMERGE SHOW | NOSHOW.
ExamplesX#
1Set TEXTMERGE OFF 2TEXT to myvar noshow //textm 3this is a test <<datetime()>> 4<<program(-1)>> 5<<myvar>> 6textmerge(myvar) (this line is literal) 7<<doit(myvar)>> (cause recursion 8END of orig text 9endtext 10?myvar 11?"Now starting textmerge" 12?textmerge(myvar) 13PROCEDURE doit(myvar) 14* r=i // cause an error 15if program(-1) > 3 16return "THEEND*********" 17endif 18return textmerge(myvar)
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