String insert, B.3.5 string insert – Nematron Pointe Controller User Manual

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Appendix B: Flow Chart Command Reference

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Start Position – The starting position from which the sub-string will be
extracted. The first character of the Source String is equivalent to a Start
Position of 1.

The value of Start Position may be an Input/Memory/Output tag, a literal
numeric value, or some other logical expression that is evaluated every
time the block is executed.

To configure the Start Position parameter, click the

button to open a

standard

Build Argument

dialog.

B.3.5 String Insert

This command can be selected from the

String commands

list.

When used in a Flow Chart, the String Insert command inserts one string into
another, starting at a specified position, and writes the result to separate String
tag.

Parameters for this command include:

Destination String – The String tag to which the result of the command
will be written.

To configure the Destination String parameter, click the

button to

open a standard

Select String Tag

dialog.

NOTE: If the defined length of the Destination String is not long enough
to receive the result of the command, then the output will be truncated.
No error will be generated.

Source String – The string into which the String to Insert will be inserted.

The value of Source String may be a String tag, a literal string enclosed in
single quotes (‘ ’), or some other logical expression that is evaluated every
time the block is executed.

To configure the Source String parameter, click the

button to open a

standard

Build String Argument

dialog.

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