Metrohm tiamo 1.3 Manual - Manual (Page 78)

52 General program functions
Character Meaning Example
a Format AM/PM AM, PM
' Introductory and terminating characters for entering any text
'' Enters ' '
Note
If you want to return the time in the format AM/PM then in addition to the format-
ting character h you must use the AM/PM marking a.
Examples
TimeToText(Time()) = current date and current time (system) as Text
TimeToText(Time(2004;05;04)) = 2004-05-04 00:00:00 UTC+2 (depends on
the system time)
TimeToText('CV.TestTime') = value of the Common variable (type Time) as
Text
TimeToText(Time(2000;12;31);"EEEE', 'dd'.'MMMM' 'yyyy") = Sunday, 31 De-
cember 2000
TimeToText(Time(1997;05;22);"M'/'d'/'yyyy', 'ha") = 5/22/1997, 12PM
Functions - Text
TextPosition
Syntax
y = TextPosition(Text ; Sample text)
Returns the Index that indicates at which position the Sample text first oc-
curs in the Text . The numbering of the index starts at 1!
Parameter
Text
The parameter can either be entered directly or as a Variable of the type
Text , Number or Date/Time .
Sample text
The parameter can either be entered directly or as a Variable of the type
Text , Number or Date/Time . If the types of the two parameters are not identi-
cal then the type Sample text will always be converted to Text (see Func-
tions - type conversion). If the Sample text is not contained in the Text then
" invalid " will be returned.
Note
Entries of the type Number are always given with one decimal place.
Example: TextPosition("12345";3) = invalid , as before the operation the 3 is con-
verted to 3.0 and this is not contained in the text.