Specifications

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String manipulation functions
String manipulation functions help you get information about a string as well as convert a string
from Latin 1 encoding to platform-native encoding and back.
dreamweaver.doURLEncoding()
Availability
Dreamweaver 1
Description
This function takes a string and returns a URL-encoded string by replacing all spaces and special
characters with specified entities.
Arguments
stringToConvert
Returns
A URL-encoded string.
Example
The following example shows the URL.value for "My URL-encoded string":
var URL = dw.doURLEncoding(theURL.value);
returns "My%20URL-encoded%20string"
dreamweaver.getTokens()
Availability
Dreamweaver 1
Description
Accepts a string and splits it into tokens.
Arguments
searchString, separatorCharacters
• searchString is the string to be separated into tokens.
• separatorCharacters is the character or characters that signifies the end of a token.
Separator characters in quoted strings are ignored. If
separatorCharacters contains a space,
all white-space characters (such as tabs) are treated as separator characters, as if they are
explicitly specified. Two or more consecutive white space characters are treated as a single
separator.
Returns
An array of token strings.
Example
dreamweaver.getTokens(’foo("my arg1", 34)’, ’(),’) returns the tokens:
• foo
• "my arg 1"
• 34