Strings

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Introduction #

String in a programming language is a sequence of characters. It is used to represent text rather than numbers.
Strings are contained within a pair of double quotes, i.e. "Cat" or "Hello World".
Strings can contain numbers, however you must realize that "5" doesn’t have the value of 5, it has the value of 0, the same as "a" does.
You cannot add strings either, i.e. "12" + "34" isn’t "46", it’s "1234". 12 + 34 is 46.
If you wish to convert a string to a number, you can use String to Number command.

In LioranBoard, use strings without double quotes in white input boxes, and enclose them in double quotes if the input box is yellow.Otherwise LioranBoard will read them as real values and convert them to 0.

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String Position #

Returns the position of the first occurrence of a specified value in a string. Case sensitive.
Returns 0 if it doesn’t find any match.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the position
String	String	String to search inside of
Position of	String	Value to search for
From Location	Number	What position in the string to start the search at, default is 0

Value to search for	String	From Location	Position returned
hello	hello and hello world	0	1
hello	Hello and hello world	0	11
hello	Hello and Hello world	0	0
hello	hello and hello world	5	11 (finds the second hello since we’re searching from the 5th letter in the string)

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String Get Character Length #

Returns the length of a string.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save returned value.
String Variable	String	Variable name containing the string.

String	Length returned
Hello	5
””	0

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String Count #

Returns the number of occurrences of a character/string within a string. Case sensitive.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save result.
String	String	String to look at
Count	String or Number	Specify a character or a string you want to count inside the specified string

Value to search for	String	Result
Ab	AbAbAbAb	4
33	333 and 33 and 33333	7
black	Mr.Black has a black car and a black cat.	2

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String Clamp #

Extracts a part of a string and returns the extracted part.
You need to specify the index of the first character and the amount of characters to extract.

Do not use String Clamp on real values (numbers) and Clamp on strings, as this will result in an error and LB crashing.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the clamped string.
String	String	String to clamp
Start Position	Int	Where to start the clamp
Amount	Int	Amount of characters to include in the clamp

Original string	Start	Amount	Result
Hello World!	0	5	Hello
This is cool!	9	4	cool

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String Remove Section #

Removes a part of a string and returns the remaining string. This is the opposite of String Clamp.
You need to specify the starting position and amount of characters to remove.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the clamped string.
String	String	String to clamp
Start Position	Int	Where to start the clamp
Amount	Int	Amount of characters to remove

Original string	Start	Amount	Result
Hello World!	6	10	Hello
Hello World! This is a nice day.	6	6	Hello! This is a nice day.
Lioran and Melonax is cool!	1	11	Melonax is cool!

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String Replace All #

Searches a string for a specified value and replaces it with another specified string. All occurrences will be replaced.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the string.
String	String	String to look into
Replace this	String	The value to search for to be replaced
With this	String	The value to replace the search value with. Can be empty to completely remove it.

Value to search for	Value to replace it with	String	Result
l	/	Hello	He//o
	-	Hello World and Hello World	Hello-World-and-Hello-World
hello	goodbye	hello and hello and hello	goodbye and goodbye and goodbye

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String Replace #

Searches a string for a specified value and replaces it with another specified string. Only the first occurrence will be replaced.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the string.
String	String	String to look into
Replace this	String	The value to search for to be replaced
With this	String	The value to replace the search value with. Can be empty to completely remove it.

Value to search for	Value to replace it with	String	Result
l	/	Hello	He/lo
	-	Hello World and Hello World	Hello-World and Hello World
hello	goodbye	hello and hello and hello	goodbye and hello and hello

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String Lower Case #

Converts a string to lowercase letters.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the converted string.
String	String	String to convert to lower case letters

Original String	Returned String
HELLO World	hello world

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String Upper Case #

Converts a string to uppercase letters.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the converted string.
String	String	String to convert to upper case letters

Original String	Returned String
hello world	HELLO WORLD

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String Letters & Digits #

Removes all symbols from a string (including spaces), leaving only letters and digits.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the converted string.
String Variable	String	Variable name containing the string.

Original String	Processed String
!Hello123@	Hello123
$12.50	12.50
Hi! How are you?	HiHowareyou

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String Digits only #

Removes all letters and special symbols from a string (including spaces), leaving only digits.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the converted string.
String Variable	String	Variable name containing the string.

Original String	Processed String
Hello
1a2b3c	123
$12.50	12.50

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String Letters only #

Removes all digits and special symbols from a string (including spaces), leaving only letters.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the converted string.
String Variable	String	Variable name containing the string.

Original String	Processed String
!Hello123@	Hello
$12.50 USD	USD
12345
Hi! How are you?	HiHowareyou

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String Format #

Divides a string into multiple lines.
Very useful command to use together with Math: Trigger Pull for Bits or Redeem points with a message. You can force the viewer’s message to be split into multiple lines in your Text GDI+ source.

Box Name	Type	Description
Variable	String	Variable name to save the formatted string
String	String	String to format. Use /$variable$/ if your string is inside another variable.
Character per line	String	The maximum amount of characters per line.
Min Cutoff Length	String	The minimum amount of letters a word should be before allowing it to be cut it in the middle.

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String Hash #

Hashes a string using one of the selected algorithms.

Hashing is a cryptographic process that can be used to validate the authenticity and integrity of various types of input. It is widely used in authentication systems to avoid storing plaintext passwords in databases, but is also used to validate files, documents and other types of data.
You can read more about hashing in this article.

Box Name	Type	Description
Text	String	String to hash
Variable	String	Variable to save the result
Type	Dropdown menu	Select which algorithm to use to hash