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'''F$EDIT()''' is a [[Lexical functions|lexical function]] that edits the character string: removes spaces, tabs, and comments, and changes lowercase characters to uppercase and vice versa.

=Format=
F$EDIT(string, edit-list)
'''String''' is the string to be edited.
'''Edit list''' consists of one or more of the keywords below separated by commas.

=Keywords=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Keyword !! Action !! Example
|-
| COLLAPSE || Removes all spaces or tabs || " Hello Bob! This is John. "
-> "HelloBob!ThisisJohn."
|-
| COMPRESS || Replaces multiple spaces or tabs with a single space || " Hello Bob! This is John. "
-> " Hello Bob! This is John. "
|-
| LOWERCASE || Changes all uppercase characters to lowercase. || " Hello Bob! This is John. "
-> " hello bob! this is john. "
|-
| TRIM || Removes leading and trailing spaces or tabs. || " Hello Bob! This is John. "
-> "Hello Bob! This is John."
|-
| UNCOMMENT || Removes [[Comment|comments]]. || " Hello Bob! This is John. "
-> " Hello Bob"
|-
| UPCASE || Changes all lowercase characters to uppercase. || " Hello Bob! This is John. "
-> " HELLO BOB! THIS IS JOHN. "
|}

Note that edits are not applied to quoted sections of strings; therefore, if a string contains quotation marks (" "), the characters within the quotation marks are not affected by the edits specified in the edit list:

<nowiki>
$ a = " Hello ""Bob!"" This is John. "
$ b = f$edit(a,"UPCASE")
$ show sym b
B = " HELLO "Bob!" THIS IS JOHN. "
</nowiki>

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Darya.zelenina at 05:45, 15 January 2019

Darya.zelenina: Created page with "'''F$EDIT()''' is a lexical function that edits the character string: removes spaces, tabs, and comments, and changes lowercase characters to uppercase a..."