; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; pad a string with spaces on the right (best for left aligning strings)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccPadRight$(TheString$, TheSize)
sl = TheSize - Len(TheString$) ; Get length of string
If sl > 0 Then ; Needs padding?
For p = 1 To sl
z$ = z$ + " " ; make a blank string
Next
TheString$ = TheString$ + z$; add the blank string to the main string
EndIf
Return TheString$
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; pad a string with spaces on the right (best for right aligning numbers numbers)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccPadLeft$(TheString$, TheSize)
sl = TheSize - Len(TheString$) ; Get length of string
If sl > 0 Then ; Needs padding?
For p = 1 To sl
z$ = z$ + " " ; make a blank string
Next
TheString$ = z$ + TheString$; add the blank string to the main string
EndIf
Return TheString$
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; First String (return first part of string up to comma)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccFirstString$(s$)
;doesn't call ccFirstStringToSub so it stays fast for big files
;pass in a string, this will only return the first part up to, but not including, the comma (or end)
pos% = Instr(s$, ",")
;If pos = 0 then then end of the was reached, so return the whole thing.
If pos = 0 Then
Return s$
Else
Return Mid(s$, 1, pos-1)
EndIf
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Last String (return last part of string from comma)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccLastString$(s$)
;doesn't call ccLastStringToSub so it stays fast for big files
;pass in a string, this will only return the last part from, but not including, the comma
pos% = Instr(s$, ",")
;If pos = 0 then then end of the was reached, so return nothing
If pos = 0 Then
Return ""
Else
Return Mid(s$, pos+1, Len(s$)-pos)
EndIf
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; IniFirst String (return first part of string up to = sign)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccIniFirstString$(s$)
;pass in a string, this will only return the first part up to, but not including, the = sign (or end)
Return ccFirstStringToSub(s$, "=")
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; IniLast String (return last part of string from = sign)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccIniLastString$(s$)
;pass in a string, this will only return the last part from, but not including, the = sign
Return ccLastStringToSub(s$, "=")
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; First String To Sub (return first part of string up to Substring)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccFirstStringToSub$(s$, sub$)
;pass in a string, this will only return the first part up to, but not including, the substring (or end)
pos% = Instr(s$, sub$)
;If pos = 0 then then end of the was reached, so return the whole thing.
If pos = 0 Then
Return s$
Else
Return Mid(s$, 1, pos-1)
EndIf
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Last String To Sub (return last part of string from substring)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccLastStringToSub$(s$, sub$)
;pass in a string, this will only return the last part from, but not including, the substring
pos% = Instr(s$, sub$)
;If pos = 0 then then end of the was reached, so return nothing
If pos = 0 Then
Return ""
Else
Return Mid(s$, pos + Len(sub$), Len(s$)-pos)
EndIf
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Percent To String
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccPercentToString(Per#)
;simply times by 100 them look for decimal place and chop it and everything past it
;warning no range checking is performed
Local PerString$ = Per * 100
Return Mid$(PerString, 1, Instr(PerString, ".", 1)-1)
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; ccPadWithZeros
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccPadWithZeros$(TheText$, NumDigits%)
;this does not truncate, only enlarges or does nothing
While Len(TheText) < NumDigits
TheText = "0" + TheText
Wend
Return TheText
End Function
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
; ccGetEnvVar
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function ccGetEnvVar$(VariableName$)
TempBank = CreateBank(1)
size = api_GetEnvironmentVariable%(VariableName$,TempBank,1)
If size > 0 Then
ResizeBank TempBank,Size+1
api_GetEnvironmentVariable%(VariableName$,TempBank,Size+1)
Else
Return ""
End If
retstring$ = ""
For t = 0 To BankSize(tempbank)-3
retstring$ = retstring$ + Chr(PeekByte(tempbank,t))
Next
FreeBank tempbank
Return retstring$
End Function |
