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Types of Control Functions
An overview of the types of functions distinguished within Control.
String Functions
These functions read and edit strings or parts of strings.
"length" (string::lenght)
Returns the number of Unicode characters.

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- Introduction to CTRL
  An introduction to the product's own programming language Control(CTRL).
- Control Classes
  The overview of classes available in Control.
- Types of Control Functions
  An overview of the types of functions distinguished within Control.
  - 32/64 bit Functions
  - Administration of Managers, Modules and Panels - Functions
  - Alert Handling Functions
    These functions are associated with datapoints and respond to alerts and changes to alerts.
  - AlertService Functions
    These functions provide alarm shelving, suppression, and out-of-service capabilities via the AlertServiceClient class.
  - Blob Functions
  - Communication functions
  - Connection Functions
    Connection functions can be used to establish connections to alerts, datapoints and system events.
  - Crypthographic Functions
  - Database Functions
  - Datapoint Functions
  - Error Functions
  - File Functions
    You can use these functions to import and export files, open, close files as well as perform other file manipulations.
  - Graphics Functions
  - Help Viewer Functions
    Available Functions for the Help Viewer.
  - HTTP Functions
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  - Licensing Functions
  - Mapping Functions
  - Mathematical Functions
  - MindSphere Connector Functions
  - Miscellaneous Functions
  - Multilingual Functionality
    These functions are used for handling languages, texts and message catalogs in multilingual projects.
  - Project administration Functions
  - Query Functions
  - Redu/Dist Functions
  - Selection and Configuration Dialogs - Functions
  - Semaphore Functions
  - String Functions
    These functions read and edit strings or parts of strings.
    - "at" (string::at)
      Returns the character at the given index idx in the string.
    - "chop" (string::chop)
      Removes n characters from the end of the string.
    - "clear" (string::clear)
      Empties the string.
    - "contains" (string::contains)
      Returns true if this string contains an occurrence of the string s, otherwise false.
    - "count" (string::count)
      Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of the string s in this string.
    - "endsWith" (string::endsWith)
      Returns true if the string ends with s, otherwise false.
    - "indexOf" (string::indexOf)
      Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string s in this string.
    - "insert" (string::insert)
      Inserts the string s at the given index pos.
    - "isEmpty" (string::isEmpty)
      Returns true if the string is empty.
    - "lastIndexOf" (string::lastIndexOf)
      Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string s in this string.
    - "left" (string::left)
      Returns a substring that contains the n leftmost characters of the string.
    - "length" (string::lenght)
      Returns the number of Unicode characters.
    - "mid" (string::mid)
      Returns a string that contains n characters of this string, starting at the specified pos index.
    - "remove" (string::remove)
      Removes n characters from the string, starting at the given pos index.
    - "replace" (string::replace)
      Replaces part of a string with a new one.
    - "right" (string::right)
      Returns a substring that contains the n rightmost characters of the string.
    - "split" (string::split)
      Splits the string into substrings wherever sep occurs, and returns the list of those strings.
    - "startsWith" (string::startsWith)
      Returns true if the string starts with s, otherwise false.
    - "subst" (string::subst)
      Substitutes the placeholders ($1 to $9) in a string with the specified arguments and returns the substituted string.
    - "toLower" (string::toLower)
      Returns a lowercase copy of the string.
    - "toUpper" (string::toUpper)
      Returns an uppercase copy of the string.
    - "trim" (string::trim)
      Removes whitespace from the start and the end.
    - "trimmed" (string::trimmed)
      This function produces a trimmed, new instance of a string.
    - dpValToString()
      This function converts the value specified in val into a string, with the format string of the datapoint element dp being used. If anytype is a dyn, then this function returns a dyn_string as the result.
    - patternMatch()
      Checks whether a string has a particular pattern.
    - sprintf()
      Formats a string.
    - sprintfPL()
      Formats a string. Like sprintf(), but change to the current WinCC OA language before converting.
    - sprintfUL()
      The function formats a string like sprintf()but changes to the current user language before formatting.
    - sscanf()
      Reads data from "s" and stores the data according to the "format" parameter into the additional arguments.
    - sscanfPL()
      Imports a string in formatted form. Like sscanf(), but changes to the current WinCC OA language before converting.
    - sscanfUL()
      The function imports a string in formatted form. The function works like the function sscanf() but changes to the current user language before reading the string.
    - strchange()
      Changes the content of a string at a specific index for a defined count of digits with a replacing string.
    - strexpand()
      Returns a formatted string.
    - strformat()
      Returns a formatted string.
    - strjoin()
      This function is used to combine elements of a dyn_string to one string.
    - strlen()
      Returns the length of a string in Bytes.
    - strltrim()
      Removes certain characters from a string, beginning from left.
    - strpos()
      Returns the position of a string within another.
    - strreplace()
      Replaces parts of a string with another string.
    - strrtrim()
      Cuts certain characters out of a string, starting from the right.
    - strsplit()
      Splits strings using delimiters.
    - strtok()
      Searches a string for the first occurrence of any of a set of bytes.
    - strtolower()
      Changes a string to lowercase.
    - strtoupper()
      Changes a string to uppercase.
    - substr()
      Cuts a string or a character of a certain length (in Bytes) out of another string.
    - uniDynPatternMatch()
      Checks whether particular strings in a dynamic field have a specific pattern.
    - uniFPrintf()
      Writes to a file.
    - uniFPrintfPL()
      Writes to a file similar to uniFPrintf() except changes to the current WinCC OA language before converting.
    - uniFPrintfUL()
      Writes to a file similar to uniFPrintf() except changes to the current Windows user language before converting.
    - uniSPrintf()
      Formats a string.
    - uniStrChange()
      Changes the content of a string at a specific index for a defined count of digits with a replacing string.
    - uniStrExpand()
      Returns a formatted string.
    - uniStrFormat()
      Returns a formatted string.
    - uniStrLen()
      Returns the length of a string.
    - uniStrPos()
      Returns the position of a string within another.
    - uniStrTok()
      Searches a string for the first occurrence of any of a set of characters.
    - uniStrToLower()
      Changes a string to lowercase.
    - uniStrToUpper()
      Converts a lower-case string to a string in capital letters.
    - uniSubStr()
      Cuts a string or a character of a certain length (characters) out of another string.
  - Funktionen für abonnementbasierte Lizenzen
    CONTROL-Funktionen zum Abfragen von Informationen aus abonnementbasierten Lizenzen.
  - System Tray
  - Time Functions
  - Threads Functions
  - User administration Functions
  - Vector / Dynamic arrays - Functions
  - Waiting Control Functions
    These Control functions block the execution of a script until a response is received from the Event Manager.
  - Window Functions
    This chapter lists all functions used to control windows and panels, such as ChildPanelOn, LayerOn, LayerOff, PanelOff, RootPanelOn, SwitchLayer, ZoomModule, and related dialog and module operations.
  - XML Control Extension Functions
    The XML Control Extension allows to operate on XML data via the CTRL scripting language.
- Control Graphics
- CONTROL Functions
- CtrlExtension
  Die CtrlExtension ermöglicht das Hinzufügen von benutzerdefiniertem C++-Code.
- CTRL-Debugger
  Der CTRL-Debugger ermöglicht ein Debuggen der Pogrammiersprache Control. Der Debugger kann über ein eigenes Panel verwendet werden, welches es auch erlaubt die Variablen zu beinflussen, Breakpoints zu setzen, usw.
- SQL in CONTROL
  Mit den Datenbankfunktionen besteht eine Möglichkeit, Werteabfragen von Datenpunkten und -elementen schnell durchzuführen.
- WinCC OA JavaScript Manager für Node.js
  Der WinCC OA JavaScript Manager für Node.js ist ein Manager, welcher die Einbindung der TypeScript/JavaScript Runtime-Umgebung in WinCC OA erlaubt.
- API Manager
  Das API von WinCC OA (Application Programming Interface) bietet eine Reihe von Funktionen, die es ermöglichen, dieses Prozessleitsystem um spezielle Manager zu erweitern.
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"length" (string::lenght)

Returns the number of Unicode characters.

Synopsis

int string.length();

Parameters


Parameter	Description
-	-

Description

Returns the number of Unicode characters (not bytes!) of the string (like uniStrLen())

Example

main()
{
  string asciiText = "panel";
  string unicodeText = "äöü";
  DebugN(asciiText.length());
  DebugN(unicodeText.length());
}

Console output:

WCCOAui1:[5]
WCCOAui1:[3]

Assignment

String