On Mon, 14 Dec 2015, wi...@develop.earthshipeurope.org wrote: > On 2015-12-14 23:01, PICCORO McKAY Lenz wrote: > > i think the problem are again in documentation or some misc-information > > > > search at documentation seem that the difference are the manipulation > > respect set of > > > > one its for ACII charset and the other seem are for UTF-8 > > > > BUT DOCUMENTATIION refers without linking.. i link with a "see also" > > and "advertise" > > > > if i are correct please benoit guide me! > >
Please take extra care to not make the docs by any chance worse with your English, and don't write something which you are not sure about. > You seem to be correct: > > Left$() -> This function only deal with ASCII strings. To manipulate > UTF-8 strings, use the Left class. > Left() -> This function deals with UTF-8 strings, and so all positions > and lengths are given in characters and not in bytes. For deal with > ASCII see Left$ > > Documentation is clear on that, I wasn't even aware of the > difference...!! > > So, I guess the question of removal is no longer an issue as they are > two different functions :) > No, there are these two kinds of string manipulation functions: 1. The intrinsic functions which come in pairs: Left$(), Left(), Mid$(), Mid(), etc. which are built into the language, and 2. The methods of the String class in the gb component. Modulo naming, the functions of the first kind are identical -- which was the original question I think. Only in the mail quoted above PICCORO mixed the second kind in. Regards, Tobi -- "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user