String Matching Functions

stringop.beginswith(s,prefix)

Checks if a string begins with a specific string

returns: boolean

> = stringop.beginswith('Selenite','Selen')
true

stringop.ishex(s)

Checks if a string is a hexadecimal representation

returns: boolean

stringop.isint(s)

Checks if a string is integer

returns: boolean

> = stringop.isint('2013')
true
> = stringop.isint('a2013')
false

stringop.endswith(s,termination)

Checks if a string ends with a string

returns: boolean

> = stringop.endswith('Selenite','nite')
true

stringop.match(s,pattern)

Wildcard matching (* and ?)

returns: boolean

> = stringop.match('Selenite','????nite')
true