String SubString Action

Input And Output

Input

From variable

Select existing variable to be used.

Specify value

Input a new value to be used

Output

Apply to existing variable

Output changes to original variable.

Specify output variable

Output changes to a specific variable.

SubString Options

Extract SubString

Specify Position

The action will extract a specified number of characters from the beginning or end of the string.

Left -

Right-

Start Position -

Length -

Specify String

This option allows you to extract part of a string between two set characters or words.

Example: Input string "one two three four" extracting between "one" and "four" will return " two three"

Start string -

End string -

Include Search String

This option determines wether the output string includes the search words.

Fail if search words are not found

Scripting Info

The Action properties available are :

property InputString : string;// The input string, if not using a variable

property OutputVariable: string;// The Output Variable name

property ApplyToInput : boolean;// Apply the changes to the input variable, only valid if using an input variable

property UsingInputVariable : boolean;// True if using an input variable, not input string

property InputVariable : string;// Input variable name

property Left : boolean;// True to extract from the beginning, false to extract from the end

property Length: string;// Length to extract

property CharacterStart : string;// Start string to find

property CharacterEnd : string;// End string to find

property HasSpecifiedIndex : boolean;// True to specify index, otherwise false

property HasIncludedSearchWord: boolean;// True to include search word in the output, otherwise false

property FailIfStringNotFound: boolean;// True to fail if string is not found, otherwise false