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# ExtractWord

Extract the N-th word out of a string.

## Declaration

Source position: strutils.pp line 201

`function ExtractWord(`
`N: Integer;`
`const S: string;`
`const WordDelims: TSysCharSet`
`):string;`

## Arguments

`N` |  | Which word to extract.
`S` |  | String to extract the word from.
`WordDelims` |  | Characters to use as word delimiters

## Function result

The N-th word, or empty if N is out of range.

## Description

ExtractWord extracts the N-th word from the string S. The set of characters in WordDelims are used to mark word boundaries. A word is defined as any non-empty sequence of characters which are not present in WordDelims: if a character is not in WordDelims, it is considered as part of a word. If an N-th word cannot be found, an empty string is returned.

Unlike ExtractDelimited, an empty string is not a valid return value, i.e. is not a word. If an empty string is returned, the index N was out of range.

The predefined constant StdWordDelims can be used for the WordDelims argument.

## Errors

None.

## See also

ExtractWordPos |  | Extract a word from a string, and return the position where it was located in the string.
ExtractSubStr |  | Extract a word from a string, starting at a given position in the string.
ExtractDelimited |  | Extract the N-th delimited part from a string.
IsWordPresent |  | Check for the presence of a word in a string.
WordCount |  | Count the number of words in a string.
WordPosition |  | Search position of Nth word in a string.