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WORDSWAP()
Exchanges double characters that lie beside each other in a string
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Syntax
WORDSWAP(<cString>,[<lMode>]) --> cString
Arguments
<cString> [@] Designates the character string within which the 2-
byte sequences are exchanged.
<lMode> Designates whether the adjoining bytes are exchanged (.T.)
or not (.F.). The default value (.F.) designates that the adjoining
bytes are not exchanged.
Returns
WORDSWAP() returns the modified character string.
Description
With WORDSWAP(), 2-byte sequences within a character string are
exchanged for each other. In this respect the function works exactly
like CHARSWAP(), except that 16-bit groups are being exchanged.
The function is used on strings that contain 32-bit integers created by
the CA-Clipper L2BIN(). The exchange serves as a preparation for a sort
of these integers using CHARSORT(). In order to achieve a correct sort,
you must exchange two adjacent bytes (low/high ordering of 16-bit
integers), in addition to exchanging the 16-bit groups.
Notes
. When <lMode> is .T., adjoining bytes are only exchanged after
being exchanged as two 2-byte groups.
. The return value of this function can be suppressed by
implementing CSETREF() to save working memory space.
Examples
. Exchange characters:
? WORDSWAP("1234567890") // "3412785690"
. Also exchange the bytes:
? WORDSWAP("1234567890, .T.) // "4321876590"
. Working with L2BIN():
? L2BIN(1) // 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000
? L2BIN(65536) // 00000010 00000000 00000001 00000000
? L2BIN(65536) > L2BIN(1) // .F.
? WORDSWAP(L2BIN(65536), .T.) > WORDSWAP(L2BIN(1), .T.) // .T.
See Also:
CHARSWAP()
CHARSORT()
CSETREF()
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