String manipulators

changeCase Changes the case of a string. (Deprecated: see str_lower/str_upper.)
changeCaseChar Changes the case of each character in a string. (Deprecated: see str_switch.)
charactertostring Coerces values of type character to values of type string (deprecated; use tostring).
chartostring Coerces values of type character to values of type string (deprecated; use tostring).
cla_sq Create a string that uses single quotes (sq) to enclose command line assignment (CLA) statements for later use by NCL's system procedure.
get_file_suffix Extract the suffix associated with a file name.
indStrSubset Returns the indices corresponding to the location of the substring, if it is a subset of the other given string. (Deprecated: see str_index_of_substr.)
is_string_numeric Returns True for every element of the input string array that contains a numeric value.
isStrSubset Return True or False if one string is a subset of another string.
keyword_values Read a text file that contains keywords and one-or-more values (similar to fortran NAMELIST).
oneDtostring Converts a 1-dimensional array to a single string.
print_table Prints formatted elements from a list to stdout.
replaceSingleChar Within a string replace one character with another character. (Deprecated: see str_sub_str.)
sprintf Converts floats or doubles into formatted strings.
sprinti Converts integers into formatted strings.
str_capital Capitalizes all words in each string.
str_concat Concatenates all strings into a single string.
str_fields_count Counts the number of fields separated by the given delimiters in an array of strings.
str_get_cols Returns an array of substrings, given a start and end index into the given string.
str_get_dq Returns the double quote (") character as a string.
str_get_field Returns an array of substrings given a field number and a combination of delimiters.
str_get_nl Returns the newline (\n) character as a string.
str_get_sq Returns the single quote (') character as a string.
str_get_tab Returns the tab ('\t' in C) character as a string.
str_index_of_substr Returns the start indexes where one or more occurrences of a substring is found in a string.
str_insert Inserts a substring into the given strings.
str_is_blank Returns True for strings that contain all blanks.
str_join Joins all strings into one string, with each string separated by delimiter.
str_left_strip Strips leading spaces and TABs from the input strings.
str_lower Converts all input strings to lowercase.
str_match Returns a list of strings that contain the given substring (case sensitive).
str_match_bool Returns a logical array of True/False/Missing indicating where the input array of strings contain the given substring (case sensitive).
str_match_bool_ic Returns a logical array of True/False/Missing indicating where the input array of strings contain the given substring (case insensitive).
str_match_ic Returns a list of strings that contain the given substring (case insensitive).
str_match_ic_regex Returns a list of strings that contain the given substring (case insensitive), allowing for regular expressions.
str_match_ind Returns a list of indexes into an array of strings that contain the given substring (case sensitive).
str_match_ind_ic Returns a list of indexes into an array of strings that contain the given substring (case insensitive).
str_match_ind_ic_regex Returns a list of indexes into an array of strings that contain the given substring (case insensitive), allowing for regular expressions.
str_match_ind_regex Returns a list of indexes into an array of strings that contain the given substring (case sensitive), allowing for regular expressions.
str_match_regex Returns a list of strings that contain the given substring (case sensitive), allowing for regular expressions.
str_right_strip Strips ending spaces and TABs from the input strings.
str_split Splits a string into an array of strings given one or more delimiters.
str_split_by_length Splits a string or strings into an array of strings given a length, or an array of lengths.
str_split_csv Splits strings into an array of strings using the given delimiter.
str_squeeze Strips off leading and ending spaces and TABs, and replaces multiple spaces and/or TABs with a single space.
str_strip Strips leading and ending spaces and TABs from the input strings.
str_sub_str Replaces a substring with a new substring.
str_switch Switches the case of characters in the given string(s).
str_upper Converts all input strings to uppercase.
stringtochar Coerces values of type string to values of type character.
stringtocharacter Coerces values of type string to values of type character.
stringtodouble Coerces values of type string to values of type double.
stringtofloat Coerces values of type string to values of type float.
stringtoint Coerces values of type string to values of type integer.
stringtointeger Coerces values of type string to values of type integer.
stringtolong Coerces values of type string to values of type long.
stringtoshort Coerces values of type string to values of type short.
strlen Returns the length of a string variable.
unique_string Returns a unique string given the input string as a prefix.
write_table Writes formatted elements from a list to an ASCII file.