TextBetween - script and chart function
TextBetween() returns the text in the input string that occurs between the characters specified as delimiters.
Syntax:
TextBetween(text, delimiter1, delimiter2[, n])
Return data type: string
Arguments:
Argument | Description |
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text | The original string. |
delimiter1 | Specifies the first delimiting character (or string) to search for in text. |
delimiter2 | Specifies the second delimiting character (or string) to search for in text. |
n | Defines which occurrence of the delimiter pair to search between. For example, a value of 2 returns the characters between the second occurrence of delimiter1 and the second occurrence of delimiter2. |
Examples and results:
Example | Result |
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TextBetween('<abc>', '<', '>') | Returns 'abc' |
TextBetween('<abc><de>', '<', '>',2) | Returns 'de' |