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GoFiler Legato Script Reference
Legato v 1.5b Application v 5.24b
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Chapter Five — General Functions (continued)
Overview
The IsText function tests if a string contains text (ASCII, ANSI, or Latin Letters ISO-8859). The string may contain punctuation. This function is principally designed to support parsing functions to check for words in a stream of text.
Syntax/Parameters
Syntax
boolean = IsText ( string value );
Parameters
value
A string to test.
Return Value
Returns TRUE if value is a textual word or FALSE if it is not.
Remarks
The string cannot contain spaces. The function checks for alphabetic characters and the following punctuation:
| ! | Exclamation point | " | Quote | [ | Left bracket | |
| . | Period | ' | Apostrophe | ] | Right bracket | |
| , | Comma | ` | Single quote | { | Left brace | |
| ? | Question mark | ‘ | Left typographical single quote | } | Right brace | |
| : | Colon | ’ | Right typographical single quote | ( | Left parenthesis | |
| ; | Semicolon | “ | Left typographical double quote | ) | Right parenthesis | |
| / | Forward slash | ” | Right typographical double quote | - | Dash (hyphen) |
Related Functions
Platform Support
Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL
Legato IDE, Legato Basic
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