(Classic ASP) StringBuilder GetBefore

Demonstrates the StringBuilder.GetBefore method.

The GetBefore method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.77

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sb = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sb.Append("www.chilkatsoft.com")

' The GetBefore method returns the contents of the string up to but not including
' the marker string.  If the remove flag is 1, then both the returned string AND
' the marker are removed.
removeFlag = 0
marker = "."
substr = sb.GetBefore(marker,removeFlag)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "substr = " & substr) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "sb contains: " & sb.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

' Output:
' substr = www
' sb contains: www.chilkatsoft.com

removeFlag = 1
substr = sb.GetBefore(marker,removeFlag)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "substr = " & substr) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "sb contains: " & sb.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

' Output:
' substr = www
' sb contains: chilkatsoft.com

' If the marker is not found, and the removeFlag is 1,
' then the entire string is returned and the sb is cleared.
' For example:
sb.Clear 
success = sb.Append("111--222--333--444")
marker = "--"
removeFlag = 1
Do While (sb.Length > 0)
    substr = sb.GetBefore(marker,removeFlag)
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "substr = " & substr & ", sb contains: " & sb.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"
Loop

' Output is:
' substr = 111, sb contains: 222--333--444
' substr = 222, sb contains: 333--444
' substr = 333, sb contains: 444
' substr = 444, sb contains: 

%>
</body>
</html>