By category - String

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String Append (AppendString)

This task appends a string to the end of another string.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output	Yes
String	String	The string to append to.	Yes
Append	String	The string to be appended.	Yes

String Append Multiple 

The task appends up to 10 values (String, Long, Double, Storage Node).

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	The result to be stored in a string variable.	Yes
Separator	String	Accepts string as input. Optional parameter. Any value assigned to it acts as delimiter.	No
Value 1 - 10	String, Long, Double, Storage Node	Accepts string, long, double, and storage node as input. Value 1 and Value 2 are required parameters.  The remaining values are optional. When creating this task, only four parameters appear. (Result, Separator, Value1, Value2). Use the available button to add more parameters (limit is 10). Parameters can also be deleted.	Yes

Example: Input with separator

For these given inputs the output will be This Is An Example of StringAppendMultiple.

(Property: Value)

• Result: String Variable
• Separator: " "
• Value1: This
• Value2: Is
• Value3: An
• Value4: Example
• Value5: of StringAppendMultiple

Example: Input without separator

For these given inputs the output will be a24.368bc.

(Property: Value)

• Result: String Variable
• Separator: 
• Value1: a
• Value2: 2
• Value3: 4.368
• Value4: b
• Value5: c

String - Contains (ContainsString) 

This task determines if a string contains a value.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	Boolean	Output	No
String	String	The string to be searched.	Yes
Search String	String	The string to search for.	Yes
Case Sensitive	Boolean	Indicates a case-sensitive search. Default=true.	No

Convert to String (ConvertDatetoString)

This task converts a date to a string using the given date format.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
Date	Date	The date to be modified.	Yes
Date Format	String	The string format to convert the date to.	Yes

The resulting string is logged in as an individual log entry in Admin Console>Auditor>Log Entries for the process, along with the input date and the date format.  See example below.

Convert Storage Node to String (ConvertStorageNodetoString)

This task converts the specified object to a string representation.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Storage Node	StorageNode	The object to be converted.	Yes
Result	String	Output.	Yes

Character Set Converter (ConvertStorageNodeWithCharset)

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Source Storage Node	StorageNode	The data to decode.	Yes
Source Character Set	String, Charset	If left blank, Auto Detection is enabled.	No
Target Storage Node	StorageNode	Output.	Yes
Target Character Set	String, Charset	Output. If left blank, UTF-8 Is used.	No
Auto Detected Character Set	Charset	Output. Retrieves the name of the character set if Auto Detection is used.	No

Convert To Number (ConvertStringToNumber)

This task converts a numeric string value to a Double data type value.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	Double	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to convert.	Yes

Convert String To StorageNode (ConvertStringToStorageNode)

This task converts a specified string representation to a StorageNode.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
String	String	The string to convert.	Yes
String	StorageNode	Output.	Yes

Convert To String (ConvertToString)

This task converts any value into its string form.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Object	Object	The value to convert.	Yes
Result	String	Ouput.	Yes

String Format (FormatString)

This task formats a string.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to be formatted.	Yes
Format	StringFormattingSpecification	The format to use. Choices are: To Lower Case, To Upper Case, and Trim.	Yes

IndexOfString

This task returns the location in a string of the first occurrence of another string starting at a specified position.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	Long	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to search.	Yes
Search String	String	The string to find.	Yes
Start Index (default: 1)	Long	Default=1.	Yes

InsertString

This task inserts one string into another.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to insert the substring into.	Yes
Insertion String	String	The substring to be inserted.	Yes
Insertion Index	Long	The position in the string to insert the substring.	Yes

ReplaceString

This task replaces all matches of a given Regular Expression in a string with a replacement string.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to do the replacement on.	Yes
Regular Expressions	String	The Regular Expression to match what needs to be replaced.	Yes
Replacement String	String	The value to replace the matches with.	Yes

StringLength

This task computes the length of a string.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
String	String	The string to compute the length of.	Yes
Result	Long	Output.	Yes

StringToLowerCase

This task converts all characters in a string to lowercase.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to convert to lowercase.	Yes

StringToUpperCase

This task converts all characters in a string to uppercase.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to convert to upper case.	Yes

Substring

This task extracts a substring from a string.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to take the substring from.	Yes
Start Index	Long	The starting index of the substring to be extracted.	Yes
End Index	Long	When left blank, the end of the string is assumed.	No