Retrieves a substring from a comma-separated string.

NewString := SELECTSTR(Number, CommaString)

Parameters

Number

Type: Integer

Specifies which substring to retrieve. The substrings in the comma-separated string are numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on.

If Number is greater than the actual number of substrings, then a run-time error occurs.

CommaString

Type: Option

A string that contains substrings separated by commas. The maximum length of this string is 391 characters.

Property Value/Return Value

Type: Option

The substring that is retrieved from CommaString.

Remarks

SELECTSTR treats string values as OPTIONS. This means that identical values in different strings are not allowed.

Any trailing commas are removed before the operation starts.

If Number is less than 1 or greater than the number of real values (excluding trailing commas) in the string, then an error is returned.

Quotes are not supported. For example, a,b,"c,d",e is treated as a five-element substring where substring 4 is d".

Example

This example requires that you create the following variables and text constants in the C/AL Globals window.

Variable name DataType Length

CommaStr

Text

60

CommaStr2

Text

60

SubStr1

Text

60

SubStr2

Text

60

SubStr3

Text

60

SubStr4

Text

60

Text constant ENU value

Text000

This,is a comma,separated,string

Text001

The calls to SELECTSTR return:\

Text002

11,22,33,,55,,,

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CommaStr := Text000;
CommaStr2 := Text002;
SubStr1 := SELECTSTR(2, CommaStr); // Pick out the 2nd substring.
SubStr2 := SELECTSTR(4, CommaStr); // Pick out the 4th substring.
SubStr3 := SELECTSTR(1, CommaStr2);
SubStr4 := SELECTSTR(3, CommaStr2);
MESSAGE(Text001 + '>%1<\' + '>%2<\' + '>%3<\' + '>%4<\', SubStr1, SubStr2, SubStr3, SubStr4);

The message window displays the following text:

The calls to SELECTSTR return:

>is a comma<

>string<

>11<

>33<

This example requires that you create the following variables and text constants in the C/AL Globals window.

Variable name DataType Length

CommaStr2

Text

60

SubStr5

Text

60

Text constant ENU value

Text002

11,22,33,,55,,,

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CommaStr2 := Text002;
SubStr5 := SELECTSTR(6,CommaStr2);
MESSAGE('>%1<\', SubStr5);

This example returns an error.

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