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diff --git a/doc/string.n b/doc/string.n index c5e09f1..bc7e210 100644 --- a/doc/string.n +++ b/doc/string.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: string.n,v 1.18 2003/04/11 20:50:47 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: string.n,v 1.19 2004/05/27 18:50:09 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH string n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -303,6 +303,17 @@ specified as for the \fBindex\fR method. A word is considered to be any contiguous range of alphanumeric (Unicode letters or decimal digits) or underscore (Unicode connector punctuation) characters, or any single character other than these. +.SH EXAMPLE +Test if the string in the variable \fIstring\fR is a proper non-empty +prefix of the string \fBfoobar\fR. +.CS +set length [string length $string] +if {$length == 0} { + set isPrefix 0 +} else { + set isPrefix [string equal -length $string $string "foobar"] +} +.CE .SH "SEE ALSO" expr(n), list(n) |