Rexx - Strings

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Strings in Rexx are denoted by a sequence of characters. The following program is an example of strings −

/* Main program */ 
a = "This is a string" 
say a

The output of the above program is as follows −

This is a string

Let’s discuss some methods which are available in Rexx for strings.

Sr.No.	Methods available in Rexx for Strings
1	left This method returns a certain number of characters from the left of the string.
2	right This method returns a certain number of characters from the right of the string.
3	length This method returns the number of characters in the string.
4	reverse This method returns the characters in a reverse format.
5	compare This method compares 2 strings. Returns "0" if "string1" and "string2" are identical. Otherwise, it returns the position of the first character that does not match.
6	copies This method copies a string n number of times.
7	substr This method gets a sub string from a particular string.
8	pos This method returns the position of one string within another.
9	delstr This method deletes a sub string from within a string.