Tech Tip: Utility method to check if word ends with a given pattern

PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 15.2 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win

Published On: July 28, 2016

Below is an utility method to check if a word ends with a given pattern:

// Method: UTIL_ENDSWITH
// Parameters:
// $1 - Source string
// $2 - Pattern to check for at end of source string
// $0 - True if source string ends with pattern, else False
C_TEXT($1;$word)
C_TEXT($2;$pattern)
If(Count parameters>=1)
  $word:=$1
  $pattern:="@"+$2
  $0:=($word=$pattern)
End if

Below is a example of using the method:

$word:="Hello World!"
$endsWith:=UTIL_ENDSWITH($word;"rld!") //returns True
$endsWith:=UTIL_ENDSWITH($word;"rld") //returns False