String Functions

MSXML 5.0 SDK

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String Functions

String functions are used to evaluate, format, and manipulate string arguments, or to convert an object to a string.

String Functions

concat Returns the concatenation of the arguments.
contains Returns true if the first argument string contains the second argument string; otherwise returns false.
normalize-space Returns the argument string with the white space stripped.
starts-with Returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string; otherwise returns false.
string Converts an object to a string.
string-length Returns the number of characters in the string.
substring Returns the substring of the first argument starting at the position specified in the second argument and the length specified in the third argument.
substring-after Returns the substring of the first argument string that follows the first occurrence of the second argument string in the first argument string.
substring-before Returns the substring of the first argument string that precedes the first occurrence of the second argument string in the first argument string.
translate Returns the first argument string with occurrences of characters in the second argument string replaced by the character at the corresponding position in the third argument string.