(Go) StringBuilder GetBefore

Demonstrates the StringBuilder.GetBefore method.

The GetBefore method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.77

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    sb := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    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 true, then both the returned string AND
    // the marker are removed.
    removeFlag := false
    marker := "."
    substr := sb.GetBefore(marker,removeFlag)
    fmt.Println("substr = ", *substr)
    fmt.Println("sb contains: ", *sb.GetAsString())

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

    removeFlag = true
    substr = sb.GetBefore(marker,removeFlag)
    fmt.Println("substr = ", *substr)
    fmt.Println("sb contains: ", *sb.GetAsString())

    // 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:
    sb.Clear()
    sb.Append("111--222--333--444")
    marker = "--"
    removeFlag = true
    for (sb.Length() > 0) {
        substr = sb.GetBefore(marker,removeFlag)
        fmt.Println("substr = ", *substr, ", sb contains: ", *sb.GetAsString())
    }

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

    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()