Click to expand/collapse this hidden textLength(LS:string|list): number;

Function

If LS is a string expression, then LENGTH returns the number of characters in the string.
If LS is a list, then LENGTH returns the number of elements in the list.

Example Table example: Variable data

See also LIST_STRINGS function.
Click to expand/collapse this hidden textList_Strings(L:list;I:number):string;

Function

LIST_STRINGS function returns the element of list L specified by index number I as a string.

Example Table example: Variable data

See also LENGTH, LIST_NUMBERS functions.
Click to expand/collapse this hidden textList_Add(L:list;S:string):number;

Function

LIST_ADD adds a string element S to the list L then returns the element index number.
Click to expand/collapse this hidden textList_Clear(L:list);

Procedure

LIST_CLEAR removes all elements in list L.
Click to expand/collapse this hidden textList_Numbers(L:list;I:number):number

Function

LIST_NUMBERS returns element I of list L as a number.
If the list element cannot be interpreted as a number then LIST_NUMBERS returns -1.

See also LENGTH, LIST_STRINGS functions.
Click to expand/collapse this hidden textList_IndexOf(L:list;SearchFor:string;[CaseBlind:boolean=true;[StartIndex:number=0]]):number;

Function

LIST_INDEXOF returns the index of a specified string SEARCHFOR in list L. If the specified string is not found then LIST_INDEXOF returns -1. The function defaults to case-blind string matching and searches from the first element of the list.

Example

l:=['alpha','Beta','gamma'];
writeln(list_indexof(l,'beta')); // returns 1
writeln(list_indexof(l,'beta',false)); // returns -1

See also LIST_STRINGS, LIST_NUMBERS functions.