ref

The ref function is used to access a single character from a String or Text. Assuming there are n characters in the String or Text, the character indices run from 0 thru n-1

(ref string index) (ref string index) Strong Typed: (refString string index) (refText text index)

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

Example_String_ref_001

This example shows the ref function return a a specified character in a String or Text using the character's index value in the String or Text.

This example shows the shorthand form of the String ref function using the [ ] operators.

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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