StringScanner.ScanToDigit Function

Syntax

Text as C = ScanToDigit as C()

Arguments

Text: The text between the starting and ending offset positions.

Description

Skip until a digit (0-9) is encountered. Return text we scanned over.

Discussion

The <StringScanner>.ScanToDigit() function moves the offset to the first numeric character (0 to 9) and returns the text between the starting and ending positions of the offset.

Example

dim scanner as P
dim txt as C
txt = <<%text%
<..> is wonderful prose written
by a technical writer of 2456.
%text%
scanner = stringscanner.create(txt)
? scanner.ScanToDigit()
= <..> is wonderful prose written
by a technical writer of
? scanner.GetToOffset()
= <..> is wonderful prose written
by a technical writer of
? scanner.getremainder()
= 2456.