String Functions

Submitted by jeffheaton on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 23:47

Linden Scripting Language

The Linden Scripting Language offers several functions to perform core string operations. While the list of string functions for the Linden Scripting Language is not extensive, they do provide functions to perform all of the fundamental string operations. Table 5.1 summarizes the string functions offered by the Linden Scripting Language.

Table 5.1: Linden String Functions

Function	Purpose
llDeleteSubString	removes a slice of a string.
llDumpList2String	turns a list into a string.
llParseString2List	turns a string into a list.
llParseStringKeepNulls	turns a string into a list, keep nulls.
llGetSubString	extracts a part of a string.
llInsertString	inserts a string into a string.
llToLower	converts a string to lowercase.
llToUpper	converts a string to UPPERCASE.
llStringTrim	removes leading and/or trailing spaces.
llStringLength	gets the length of a string.
llSubStringIndex	finds the position of a string in another string.
llEscapeURL	returns the string that is the URL-escaped version of urlMark Biss2007-12-12T00:00:00Caps?? (replacing spaces with %20, etc).
llUnescapeURL	returns the string that is the URL unescaped version of url, replacing "%20" with spaces, etc.