Create a string with the value contained.
1 string
<string
mode='mode'
trim='trim'
>
<value /> +
</string>
| Attributes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description | |
| Amode | string | Unquoted to avoid the quotation marks when this string is used in a query or in a function. | |||
| Atrim | boolean | True to remove the the blank spaces which exist to the beginning and/or at the end of the character string. | |||
| Arguments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Required | Unique | Nullable | Description |
| Evalue | string | ||||
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
| string | Character string. |
Remarks
By default a character string is returned conserving the spaces which are in front of and/or behind this string. If you want to omit this spaces, you should indicate with the attribute trim with the value true.
Warning
The multiple operations of concatenation in a same string, can derivate in memory fragmentation and slow operations. If you need to perform massive operations of concatenation you should use <stringBuffer.
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<stringBuffer name='buf'><string /></stringBuffer>
<for name='x' start='1' end='10000'>
<do>
<stringBuffer.append name='buf'><string>1234567890</string></stringBuffer.append>
</do>
</for>
Example
Show on screen a character string.
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<xsql-script name='string_sample'>
<body>
<set name='a'>STR1</set>
<set name='b'>
<string trim='true'>
This is a string <a/> keeping the spaces.
</string>
</set>
<println><b/></println>
</body>
</xsql-script>
The content of a string type variable is shown on screen. This variable contains two character strings and another variable of String type concatenated.
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This is a stringSTR1 keeping the spaces.