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Chapter FiveGeneral Functions (continued)

IsText Function

Overview

The IsText function tests if a string contains text (ASCII, ANSI, or Latin Letters ISO-8859). The string may contain punctuation. This function is principally designed to support parsing functions to check for words in a stream of text.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

boolean = IsText ( string value );

Parameters

value

A string to test.

Return Value

Returns TRUE if value is a textual word or FALSE if it is not.

Remarks

The string cannot contain spaces. The function checks for alphabetic characters and the following punctuation:

  ! Exclamation point " Quote [ Left bracket
  . Period ' Apostrophe ] Right bracket
  , Comma ` Single quote { Left brace
  ? Question mark Left typographical single quote } Right brace
  : Colon Right typographical single quote ( Left parenthesis
  ; Semicolon Left typographical double quote ) Right parenthesis
  / Forward slash Right typographical double quote - Dash (hyphen)

 

Related Functions

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

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