How to append an ASCII to a string?

RachelSoon · 2004-12-22

Hi All,
How can i append an ASCII key to a string?

For Example :
I have a string which concantenate the ID and Name.
i would like to append a tab in between the ID and Name. How can i do that?

eromein · 2004-12-22

So you have a string like following:

007James Bond

And you want to have it like this :

007->James Bond (-> = tab)

Is this correct? And why want this?

RachelSoon · 2004-12-22

Yes, eromein. Your example is what i am looking for.

The reason i want the string to be this manner is i am going to send out this string as an email text. It's easier to read if i have a tab to separate the information.

would like my email text something like this :

007 James Bond
008 Jennifer Lopez
009 Santa Clause

jm · 2004-12-22

Hi,

try this little code:

ID   := '007';
Name := 'James Bond';
TabChar := 9;

MESSAGE('%1',ID+FORMAT(TabChar)+Name);

with following definitions:

Name           DataType      Subtype       Length
ID             Code       	              10
Name           Text                        30
TabChar        Char

br
Josef Metz

RobertMo · 2004-12-22

define a variable of data type Char:

Name	DataType	Subtype	Length
ch9	Char

then just assign an ascii value for this char:

ch9:=9; //9 is ascii for tab

when combining strings use STRSUBSTNO:

MyText := STRSUBSTNO('007%1James Bond',ch9);

or concatenation of strings:

MyText := '007' + Format(ch9) + 'James Bond';

RobertMo · 2004-12-22

It's getting dangerous to post answers. Some posts may just colide...

RachelSoon · 2004-12-23

hi guys,
Thank you very muchy.

I got it now!.

How to append an ASCII to a string?

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