Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook

Chapter 4. Handling String Expressions

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Appending to a string
• Formatting a string
• Matching a regular expression within a string
• Performing character substitution on a string
• Parsing a string using conversion specifiers
• Determining the length of a string
• Comparing strings
• Comparing a string of characters
• Locating the first instance of a character
• Locating the index of a character
• Determining the class of a string
• Locating the last instance of a string
• Determining the size of a string
• Replacing values within a string
• Locating a pattern within a string
• Returning a range of characters from a string
• Creating a string of repeated characters
• Replacing ranges of characters contained within a string
• Creating a reverse string

• Converting a string ...