Rapid-Q Documentation by William Yu (c)1999	Appendix A: QSTRINGLIST

QSTRINGLIST Component

QStringList is a component to store and manipulate a list of strings.

QStringList Properties

Field	Type	R/W	Default	Support

Duplicates	INTEGER	RW	dupIgnore	W
Item	ARRAY of STRING	RW		WXG
ItemCount	INTEGER	R		WXG
Sorted	INTEGER	RW	False	W
Text	STRING	RW		WXG

QStringList Methods

Method	Type	Description	Params	Support

AddItems	SUBI	Add strings to stringlist	STRINGs, Infinite	WXG
AddList	SUB (List AS QStringList)	Append another stringlist	1	WXG
Build	FUNCTION Build(Start%, End%, Delim$) AS STRING	Returns a deliminated string	3	WXG
Clear	SUB	Clears entire stringlist	0	WXG
DelItems	SUBI	Delete strings by their index	Index #s, Infinite	WXG
Exchange	SUB (Index1%, Index2%)	Swap strings at Index1% with Index2%	2	WXG
IndexOf	FUNCTION IndexOf%(String$)	Return Index number of string	1	WXG
InsertItem	SUB (Index%, String$)	Insert string at Index%	2	WXG
LoadFromFile	SUB (File$)	Load text file in stringlist	1	WXG
LoadFromStream	SUB (File AS QStream)	Load file/memorystream in stringlist	1	W
Parse	FUNCTION Parse(Source$, Delim$) AS LONG	Separates strings by the Delim$ and stores each item in the list	2	WXG
SaveToFile	SUB (File$)	Saves stringlist to file	1	WXG
SaveToStream	SUB (File AS QStream)	Load file/memorystream in stringlist	1	W
Sort	SUB	Sort the stringlist	0	WXG

QStringList Events

Event	Type	Occurs when...	Params

QStringList Examples

  DIM StringList1 AS QStringList
  DIM StringList2 AS QStringList

  StringList1.AddItems "Oranges","Apples"
  StringList2.AddItems "Byte","Word","Integer"
  StringList1.AddList(StringList2)
  StringList1.Sort

  ?StringList1.Text
  ?StringList1.Item(3)
  ?StringList1.IndexOf("Word")
  ?StringList1.IndexOf("hi")

  '-------------------------------------------------------

  DIM StringList AS QSTRINGLIST

  StringList.Parse("James:Brown:555-3454:House",":")

  PRINT StringList.Build(0,StringList.Count-1,",")

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