(Delphi DLL) StringBuilder GetBefore

Demonstrates the StringBuilder.GetBefore method.

The GetBefore method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.77

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, StringBuilder;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
sb: HCkStringBuilder;
success: Boolean;
removeFlag: Boolean;
marker: PWideChar;
substr: PWideChar;

begin
sb := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,'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 True, then both the returned string AND
// the marker are removed.
removeFlag := False;
marker := '.';
substr := CkStringBuilder__getBefore(sb,marker,removeFlag);
Memo1.Lines.Add('substr = ' + substr);
Memo1.Lines.Add('sb contains: ' + CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb));

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

removeFlag := True;
substr := CkStringBuilder__getBefore(sb,marker,removeFlag);
Memo1.Lines.Add('substr = ' + substr);
Memo1.Lines.Add('sb contains: ' + CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb));

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

// If the marker is not found, and the removeFlag is True,
// then the entire string is returned and the sb is cleared.
// For example:
CkStringBuilder_Clear(sb);
CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,'111--222--333--444');
marker := '--';
removeFlag := True;
while (CkStringBuilder_getLength(sb) > 0) do
  begin
    substr := CkStringBuilder__getBefore(sb,marker,removeFlag);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('substr = ' + substr + ', sb contains: ' + CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb));
  end;

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

CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);

end;