Use of substr() function in AX 2009

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1

Hi,

I wanted to get “157050” from the string “J/157050/0001” using subStr() in AX 2009.

Regards,

/Ashlesh

2

substr(“J/157050/0001”,3,6);

3

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. But it will not help me.

I dont want hard code anything. By using “3” and “6” we are going to hardcode the position and length.

Regards,

/Ashlesh

4

Hi Ashlesh,

To get the length, you can use strlen() function.

But if you wish to use subStr() function, you have to let the system know -

  1. Starting position and
  2. Number of characters.

If you don’t want to hard code, then you can parameter these two values.

Best wishes,

5

Hi Ashlesh,

You can also try using ‘TextBuffer’ class. An example from Developers guide -

int pos;
TextBuffer textBuffer;
;

textBuffer = new TextBuffer();
textBuffer.setText(“ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO ABC ABC”);
pos = 0;

while (textBuffer.find(“ABC”,pos))
{
print "String found at position: ", textBuffer.matchPos();
pause;
pos = textBuffer.matchPos()+1;
}

Best wishes,