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StringBuilder GetBefore

Demonstrates the StringBuilder.GetBefore method.

The GetBefore method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.77

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Local $bSuccess = False

$oSb = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oSb.Append("www.chilkatsoft.com")

; The GetBefore method returns the contents of the string up to but not including
; the marker string.  If the remove flag is True, then both the returned string AND
; the marker are removed.
Local $bRemoveFlag = False
Local $sMarker = "."
Local $substr = $oSb.GetBefore($sMarker,$bRemoveFlag)
ConsoleWrite("substr = " & $substr & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("sb contains: " & $oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)

; Output:
; substr = www
; sb contains: www.chilkatsoft.com

$bRemoveFlag = True
$substr = $oSb.GetBefore($sMarker,$bRemoveFlag)
ConsoleWrite("substr = " & $substr & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("sb contains: " & $oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)

; Output:
; substr = www
; sb contains: chilkatsoft.com

; If the marker is not found, and the removeFlag is True,
; then the entire string is returned and the sb is cleared.
; For example:
$oSb.Clear 
$oSb.Append("111--222--333--444")
$sMarker = "--"
$bRemoveFlag = True
While ($oSb.Length > 0)
    $substr = $oSb.GetBefore($sMarker,$bRemoveFlag)
    ConsoleWrite("substr = " & $substr & ", sb contains: " & $oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
Wend

; Output is:
; substr = 111, sb contains: 222--333--444
; substr = 222, sb contains: 333--444
; substr = 333, sb contains: 444
; substr = 444, sb contains: