string.filter()

Filters a string to its elements for which the callback function returns true.

Introduced: 6.0.0.105

string.filter( closure=function )

Returns: String

Argument Description
closure
function, required

Closure or a function reference that will be called for each of the iteration.

Alias: function, callback, udf

Examples

letters = "abbcdB";
	callbackFunction = function(input){return input=="b";}
	result = letters.filter(callbackFunction);
	writeDump(result);
	result1 = "bob".filter(callbackFunction);
	writeDump(result1);

See also