Len Function-
Returns the number of characters in a string or the number of bytes required to
store a variable.
Syntax: Len(string | varname)
Arguments:
string: Any valid string expression. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print Len(Str)
' Output --> 27
Print Len("Good Morning")
' Output--> 12
LCase Function-
Returns a string that has been converted to lowercase.
Syntax: LCase(string)
Arguments:
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print LCase(Str)
'Output --> welcome to the world of qtp
Print Lcase("Good Morning")
'Output --> good morning
UCase Function-
Returns a string that has been converted to uppercase.
Syntax: UCase(string)
Arguments:
String: Any valid string expression. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print Ucase(Str)
'Output --> WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF QTP
Print Ucase("Good Morning")
'Output --> GOOD MORNING
Left Function-
Returns a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.
Syntax: Left(string, length)
Arguments:
String: String expression from which the leftmost characters are returned.
If string contains Null, Null is returned.
length: Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0,
a zero-length string("") is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of
characters in string, the entire string is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Left(Str,3)
'Output --> Wel
Print Left("Good Morning",4)
'Output --> Good
Right Function-
Returns a specified number of characters from the right side of a string.
Syntax: Right(string, length)
Arguments:
String: String expression from which the rightmost characters are returned.
If string contains Null, Null is returned.
length: Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0,
a zero-length string is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of characters
in string, the entire string is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Right(Str,12)
'Output --> World of QTP
Print Right("Good Morning",7)
'Output --> Morning
Mid Function-
Returns a specified number of characters from a string.
Syntax: Mid(string, start[, length])
Arguments:
String: String expression from which characters are returned.If string contains Null.
Null is returned.
Start: Character position in string at which the part to be taken begins. If start is greater
than the number of characters in string, Mid returns a zero-length string ("").
length: Number of characters to return. If omitted or if there are fewer than
length characters in the text (including the character at start),
all characters from the start position to the end of the string are returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Mid(Str,9,12)
'Output --> to the World
Print Mid("Good Morning",6,7)
'Output --> Morning
Print Mid("Good Morning",6)
'Output --> Morning
Replace Function-
Returns a string in which a specified substring has been replaced with another
substring a specified number of times.
Syntax: Replace(expression, find, replacewith[, start[, count[, compare]]])
Arguments:
expression: (Required) String expression containing substring to replace.
find: (Required) Substring being searched for.
replacewith: (Required) Replacement substring.
start: (Optional) Position within expression where substring search is to begin.If
omitted, 1 is assumed. Must be used in conjunction with count.
count: (Optional) Number of substring substitutions to perform.If omitted, the default
value is -1, which means make all possible substitutions. Must be used in conjunction
with start.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings. See Settings section for values. If omitted, the default value is 0,
which means perform a binary comparison.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Replace(Str, "to","into")
Print Replace("Good Morning","Morning","Night")
Print Replace("Quick Test ProfeSsional","s","x",5,3,0)
Print Replace("Quick Test ProfeSsional","s","x",5,3,1)
Space Function-
Returns a string consisting of the specified number of spaces.
Syntax: Space(number)
Arguments:
number: number of spaces you want in the string.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
'Space
Str1="Welcome"
Print Str1 & Space(2) & Str2 & Space(2) &Str3
'Output-->Welcome to the World of QTP
Split Function-
Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of
substrings.
Syntax: Split(expression[, delimiter[, count[, compare]]])
Arguments:
expression: (Required) String expression containing substrings and delimiters. If
expression is a zero-length string, Split returns an empty array, that is, an array
with no elements and no data.
delimiter: (Optional) String character used to identify substring limits. If omitted,the
space character (" ") is assumed to be the delimiter. If delimiter is a zero-length string,
a single-element array containing the entire expression string is returned.
count: (Optional) Number of substrings to be returned; -1 indicates that all
substrings are returned.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings.
Example:
'Space as Delimiter
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
'Comma As Delimitter
Str="Welcome,to,the,World,of,QTP"
StrComp Function
Arguments:
string1: (Required) Any valid string expression.
string2: (Required) Any valid string expression.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating strings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print StrComp(Str2, Str1)
StrReverse Function
is reversed.
Syntax: StrReverse(string1)
Arguments:
string (""), a zero-length string is returned. If string1 is Null, an error occurs.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print StrReverse("Quick Test ProfeSsional")
LTrim; RTrim; and Trim Functions
LTrim,RTrim and Trim: Returns a copy of a string without leading spaces (LTrim),
trailing spaces (RTrim), or both leading and trailing spaces (Trim).
Syntax: LTrim(string)
RTrim(string)
Arguments:
Null is returned.
Example:
Example:
Example:
Syntax: InStr([start, ]string1, string2[, compare])
Arguments:
start: (Optional) Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search.
If omitted,
search begins at the first character position. If start contains Null, an error occurs.
The start argument is required if compare is specified.
string1: (Required) String expression being searched.
string2: (Required) String expression searched for.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings.
Example:
Str="How do you DO ?"
Print Instr(1, Str, "DO", 0)
Print Instr(6, Str, "do", 0)
binary comparison
InStrRev Function
Syntax: InStrRev(string1, string2[, start[, compare]])
Arguments:
string1: (Required) String expression being searched.
string2: (Required) String expression being searched for.
start: (Optional) Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search.
If omitted, -1 is used, which means that the search begins at the last character position.
If start contains Null, an error occurs.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed.
Example:
'InStrRev
Print InStrRev(Str,"DO",13,0)
Print InStrRev(Str,"DO",10,1)
'Output--> 5 , which means it found the string in 5th position for textual comparison
Returns the number of characters in a string or the number of bytes required to
store a variable.
Syntax: Len(string | varname)
store a variable.
Syntax: Len(string | varname)
Arguments:
string: Any valid string expression. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
Varname: Any valid variable name. If varname contains Null, Null is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print Len(Str)
' Output --> 27
Print Len("Good Morning")
' Output--> 12
LCase Function-
Returns a string that has been converted to lowercase.Syntax: LCase(string)
Arguments:
String: Any valid string expression. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print LCase(Str)
'Output --> welcome to the world of qtp
Print Lcase("Good Morning")
'Output --> good morning
'Output --> welcome to the world of qtp
Print Lcase("Good Morning")
'Output --> good morning
UCase Function-
Returns a string that has been converted to uppercase.
Syntax: UCase(string)
Arguments:
String: Any valid string expression. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
Print Ucase(Str)
'Output --> WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF QTP
Print Ucase("Good Morning")
'Output --> GOOD MORNING
Left Function-
Returns a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.
Syntax: Left(string, length)
Arguments:
String: String expression from which the leftmost characters are returned.
If string contains Null, Null is returned.
length: Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0,
a zero-length string("") is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of
characters in string, the entire string is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Left(Str,3)
'Output --> Wel
Print Left("Good Morning",4)
'Output --> Good
Right Function-
Returns a specified number of characters from the right side of a string.Syntax: Right(string, length)
Arguments:
String: String expression from which the rightmost characters are returned.
If string contains Null, Null is returned.
length: Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0,
a zero-length string is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of characters
in string, the entire string is returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Right(Str,12)
'Output --> World of QTP
Print Right("Good Morning",7)
'Output --> Morning
Mid Function-
Returns a specified number of characters from a string.
Syntax: Mid(string, start[, length])
Arguments:
String: String expression from which characters are returned.If string contains Null.
Null is returned.
Start: Character position in string at which the part to be taken begins. If start is greater
than the number of characters in string, Mid returns a zero-length string ("").
length: Number of characters to return. If omitted or if there are fewer than
length characters in the text (including the character at start),
all characters from the start position to the end of the string are returned.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Mid(Str,9,12)
'Output --> to the World
Print Mid("Good Morning",6,7)
'Output --> Morning
Print Mid("Good Morning",6)
'Output --> Morning
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Mid(Str,9,12)
'Output --> to the World
Print Mid("Good Morning",6,7)
'Output --> Morning
Print Mid("Good Morning",6)
'Output --> Morning
Replace Function-
Returns a string in which a specified substring has been replaced with another
substring a specified number of times.
Syntax: Replace(expression, find, replacewith[, start[, count[, compare]]])
Arguments:
expression: (Required) String expression containing substring to replace.
find: (Required) Substring being searched for.
replacewith: (Required) Replacement substring.
start: (Optional) Position within expression where substring search is to begin.If
omitted, 1 is assumed. Must be used in conjunction with count.
count: (Optional) Number of substring substitutions to perform.If omitted, the default
value is -1, which means make all possible substitutions. Must be used in conjunction
with start.
Arguments:
expression: (Required) String expression containing substring to replace.
find: (Required) Substring being searched for.
replacewith: (Required) Replacement substring.
start: (Optional) Position within expression where substring search is to begin.If
omitted, 1 is assumed. Must be used in conjunction with count.
count: (Optional) Number of substring substitutions to perform.If omitted, the default
value is -1, which means make all possible substitutions. Must be used in conjunction
with start.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings. See Settings section for values. If omitted, the default value is 0,
which means perform a binary comparison.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
evaluating substrings. See Settings section for values. If omitted, the default value is 0,
which means perform a binary comparison.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
print Replace(Str, "to","into")
'Output --> Welcome into the World of QTP
Print Replace("Good Morning","Morning","Night")
'Output --> Good Night
Print Replace("Quick Test ProfeSsional","s","x",5,3,0)
'Output --> k Text ProfeSxional
Print Replace("Quick Test ProfeSsional","s","x",5,3,1)
'Output --> k Text Profexxional
Space Function-
Returns a string consisting of the specified number of spaces.Syntax: Space(number)
Arguments:
number: number of spaces you want in the string.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
'Space
Str1="Welcome"
Str2="to the World"
Str3="of QTP"
Print Str1 & Space(2) & Str2 & Space(2) &Str3
'Output-->Welcome to the World of QTP
Split Function-
Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of substrings.
Syntax: Split(expression[, delimiter[, count[, compare]]])
Arguments:
expression: (Required) String expression containing substrings and delimiters. If expression is a zero-length string, Split returns an empty array, that is, an array
with no elements and no data.
delimiter: (Optional) String character used to identify substring limits. If omitted,the
space character (" ") is assumed to be the delimiter. If delimiter is a zero-length string,
a single-element array containing the entire expression string is returned.
count: (Optional) Number of substrings to be returned; -1 indicates that all
substrings are returned.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings.
Example:
'Space as Delimiter
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
'Split
SArray=Split(Str," ",-1)
For i= 0 to UBound(SArray)
Print SArray(i)
Next
'Comma As Delimitter
Str="Welcome,to,the,World,of,QTP"
'Split
SArray=Split(Str,",",-1)
For i= 0 to UBound(SArray)
Print SArray(i)
Next
StrComp Function
StrComp: Returns a value indicating the result of a string comparison.
Syntax: StrComp(string1, string2[, compare])
Arguments:
string1: (Required) Any valid string expression.
string2: (Required) Any valid string expression.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating strings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed.
evaluating strings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
StrComp
Str1 = "QTP"
Str2 = "qtp"
Print StrComp(Str1, Str2, 1)
'Output--> Returns 0 , which means Str1 is equal to Str2 for textual comparison
Print StrComp(Str1, Str2, 0)
'Output--> Returns -1 , which means Str2 is greater than Str1 for Binary comparison
Print StrComp(Str2, Str1)
'Output-->Returns 1, which means Str2 is greater than Str1 for Binary comparison
Print StrComp(Str1, Str2)
'Output-->Returns -1, which means Str1 is less than Str2 for Binary comparison
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StrReverse Function
StrReverse: Returns a string in which the character order of a specified string
is reversed.
is reversed.
Syntax: StrReverse(string1)
Arguments:
string1: string whose characters are to be reversed. If string1 is a zero-length
string (""), a zero-length string is returned. If string1 is Null, an error occurs.
string (""), a zero-length string is returned. If string1 is Null, an error occurs.
Example:
Str="Welcome to the World of QTP"
StrReverse
print StrReverse(Str)
'Output-->PTQ fo dlroW eht ot emocleW
Print StrReverse("Quick Test ProfeSsional")
'Output-->lanoisSeforP tseT kciuQ
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LTrim; RTrim; and Trim Functions
LTrim,RTrim and Trim: Returns a copy of a string without leading spaces (LTrim),
trailing spaces (RTrim), or both leading and trailing spaces (Trim).
trailing spaces (RTrim), or both leading and trailing spaces (Trim).
Syntax: LTrim(string)
RTrim(string)
Trim(string)
Arguments:
string: The string argument is any valid string expression. If string contains Null,
Null is returned.
Null is returned.
Example:
'LTrim
Print Ltrim("Welcome to QTP World")
'Output-->"Welcome to QTP World
Example:
'RTrim
Print Rtrim("Welcome to QTP World")
'Output--> "Welcome to QTP World"
Example:
'Trim
Print trim("Welcome to QTP World")
'Output-->"Welcome to QTP World"
InStr: Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another.
Syntax: InStr([start, ]string1, string2[, compare])
Syntax: InStr([start, ]string1, string2[, compare])
Arguments:
start: (Optional) Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search.
start: (Optional) Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search.
If omitted,
search begins at the first character position. If start contains Null, an error occurs.
The start argument is required if compare is specified.
string1: (Required) String expression being searched.
string2: (Required) String expression searched for.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings.
evaluating substrings.
Example:
Str="How do you DO ?"
'InStr
Print Instr(1, Str, "DO", 1)
'Output--> 5 , which means it found the string in 5th position for textual comparison
Print Instr(1, Str, "DO", 0)
'Output--> 12 , which means it found the string in 12th position for binary comparison
Print Instr(6, Str, "do", 0)
'Output--> 0 , which means it didnot found the string after the 6th position for
binary comparison
binary comparison
InStrRev Function
InStrRev: Returns the position of an occurrence of one string within another,
from the end of string.
Syntax: InStrRev(string1, string2[, start[, compare]])
Arguments:
string1: (Required) String expression being searched.
string2: (Required) String expression being searched for.
start: (Optional) Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search.
If omitted, -1 is used, which means that the search begins at the last character position.
If start contains Null, an error occurs.
compare: (Optional) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when
evaluating substrings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed.
Example:
Str="How do you DO ?"
'InStrRev
Print InStrRev(Str,"DO",-1,1)
'Output--> 12 , which means it found the string in 12th position for textual comparison
Print InStrRev(Str,"do",-1,0)
'Output--> 5 , which means it found the string in 5th position for binary comparison
Print InStrRev(Str,"DO",13,0)
'Output--> 12 , which means it found the string in 12th position for binary comparison
Print InStrRev(Str,"DO",10,1)
'Output--> 5 , which means it found the string in 5th position for textual comparison
