Group Character Conversion

Converts a character to its numeric ASCII code.

Asc( <cExpression> ) --> nAsciiCode

Decodes a base64 encoded string.

Base642Bin( <cString> ) --> cDecodedString

Converts a string to a base64 encoded string.

Bin2Base64( <cString>, [<nLineLen>] ) --> cEncodedString

Transforms the passed string to a "quoted-printable" encoded string.

Bin2QP( <cString>, [<nLineLen>] ) --> cEncodedString

Transforms a string to a "Bin2UUEd" string.

Bin2UUE( <cString> ) --> cEncodedString

Convert a character string to a hash value

Char2Hash( <cString> [, <nBitLen>] ) --> cHash

Convert an OEM/ANSI encoded character string to an UTF-8 encoded character string

Char2UTF8( <cString>] ) --> utf8String

Converts a string into a value of a requested data type.

Char2Var( <cString>, <cValtype> ) --> xValue

Converts a numeric ASCII code to a character.

Chr( <nAsciiCode> ) --> cCharacter

Converts a character string to an ANSI code page

ConvToAnsiCP( <cOemFormatString> ) --> cAnsiFormatString

Converts a character string to an OEM code page

ConvToOemCP( <cAnsiFormatString> ) --> cOemFormatString

Converts a date character string to a date value.

CtoD( <cDate>[, <cDateFormat>] ) --> dDate

Converts a date value to a character string.

DtoC( <dDate>[, <cDateFormat>] ) --> cDate

Converts a date value to a character string in the format YYYYMMDD.

DtoS( <dDate> ) --> cDate

Determine whether a character string has Unicode format.

IsUnicode( <cString> ) --> lIsUnicode

Converts JSON text to a value of the corresponding data type.

Json2Var( <cJson> ) -> aoData

Converts JSON text to a character string.

JsonDecode( <cJsonString> ) -> cString

Converts a character string to JSON text.

JsonEncode( <cString> ) -> cJsonString

Converts a locale string into a value of a requested data type.

LChar2Var( <cString>, <cValtype> ) --> xValue

Decodes a "quoted-printable" encoded string.

QP2Bin( <cString> ) --> cDecodedString

Sets the default hash algorithm.

SET HASH TO SHA1|sha2|sha3|md5

Converts a character string in the format YYYYMMDD to a date value.

StoD( <cDateString> ) --> dDate

Converts the value of a numeric expression to a character string.

Str( <nValue>, [<nLength>], [<nDecimals>] ) --> cString

Converts an OEM/ANSI/ASCII character string to a Unicode string.

Str2Unicode( <cString> ) --> cuString

Converts a numeric value to a character string with leading zeros.

StrZero( <nValue>, [<nLength>], [<nDecimals>] ) --> cString

Transforms a value to a formatted character string.

Transform( <Expression>, <cSayPicture> ) --> cFormattedString

Convert a Unicode to an ANSI-encoded character string.

Unicode2Str( <cuString> ) --> cString

Convert an UTF-8 encoded character string to an OEM/ANSI encoded character string

UTF82Char( <utf8String>] ) --> cString

Decodes a string which is Bin2UUEd.

UUE2Bin( <cString> ) --> cDecodedString

Convert a UUID to its binary representation

UuidFromChar( <cUUID> ) --> xUUID

Convert a UUID to its readable representation

UuidToChar( <xUUID> ) --> cUUID

Converts a number in the form of a character string to a numeric value.

Val( <cNumber> ) --> nNumber

Converts a variable to it's string representation.

Var2Char( <xValue> ) --> cString

Converts an array or object to JSON text.

Var2Json( <aoValue> ) -> cJson

Converts a variable to it's locale string representation.

Var2LChar( <xValue> ) --> cString

Converts any value to an XML-encoded character string.

Var2Xml( <xValue> ) --> cXmlString

Converts an XML-encoded character string back to the original value.

Xml2Var( <cXmlFragment> ) --> xValue