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Learn more about text functions CONCATENATE, JOIN, MATCH, FIND, FIRST, LAST, LENGTH, UPPERCASE, LOWERCASE, CAPITALIZE, TRIM, INDEXOF, LASTINDEXOF, SUBSTRING, SUBSTRING BEFORE, SUBSTRING AFTER, SPLIT, REPLACE, EQUALS.
Overview
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CONCATENATE | Use the '+ ' (plus) operator to concatenate strings or a combination of strings and other type values to produce a single |
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string1 + string2 + ... + value1 + ... |
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Examples
12 + " kilometers" = "12 kilometers"
"This statement is " + TRUE + "." = "This statement is true."
"I was born on " + Me.birthDateAndTime + "." (Me.birthDateAndTime = 01-12-1970 23:00:45) = "I was born on Tue Dec 01 23:00:45 CET 1970."
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There exists a STR_CONCAT (string, string) function in the expression language. As it can only concatenate 2 strings, and is much longer in typing, we advise to use above way for concatenating strings. |
Joins |
JOIN
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a series of values into one string, separated with a character of your choice |
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JOIN( argument1 , argument2 , ... , separator ) |
- argument1, argument2 - Attributes or expressions that contain the values that will be joint to a single string. JOIN works for all base types, even multivalued.
- separator - A string value that will be used as separator symbol.
Return type
- string
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an UNKNOWN value will be represented as an empty entry in the result string. |
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The CONCAT function is identical to the JOIN function. |
Examples
Suppose you have a model containing the following attributes.
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JOIN( Person.name , Person.date_of_birth , ";" ) = "John;Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 CET 1995"
JOIN( Person.name , Person.name , "@" ) = "John@John"
JOIN( Person.name , Person.family_name , YEARS BETWEEN Person.date_of_birth AND DATE(2015,01,01) , ";" ) = "John;;20"
MATCH
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MATCH | Compares |
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a string pattern to another string and returns TRUE if the string exactly matches the pattern, and otherwise FALSE. The MATCH function is case-sensitive |
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MATCH( pattern , string ) |
- pattern - An attribute of base type string or a string value. String must be a valid regular expression. The regular expressions used in several Blueriq Studio functions are common Java 1.4 expressions. For a complete documentation we refer to the online java documentation.
- string - String value, attribute of base type string or an expression that results in a string value.
Return type
- boolean
Examples
If the attribute File.name
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MATCH( "Thisfile_1.doc" , File.name ) = TRUE
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MATCH( File.name , "Thisfile_1.doc" ) = TRUE
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MATCH( " Thisfile_1.doc" , File.name ) = FALSE
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MATCH( "thisfile_1.doc" , File.name ) = FALSE
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MATCH( "[a-z]hisfile_1.doc" , File.name ) = FALSE
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MATCH( ".............." , File.name ) = TRUE
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FIND
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FIND | Looks for a string pattern within another string and returns the first matching characters. The function is case-sensitive |
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FIND( pattern , string )
FIND( pattern , string , startIndex ) |
- pattern - An attribute of base type string or a string value. String must be a valid regular expression. The regular expressions used in several Blueriq Studio functions are common Java 1.4 expressions. For a complete documentation we refer to the online java documentation.
- string - An attribute of base type string or an expression that results in a string.
- startIndex - A positive integer value indicating at which character of the string the search should start (inclusive). This can be either an attribute of base type integer, an expression that results in an integer or a constant integer value. The first character starts at index 0.
Return type
- string
Examples
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FIND( "_[1-5]" , File.name ) = "_1"
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FIND( "File" , File.name ) = UNKNOWN
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FIND( "el" , "Hello" , 2 ) = UNKNOWN
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FIND( "eo" , "Hello" ) = UNKNOWN
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FIND( "\s[a-zA-Z]+" , "Hello world example" ) = "world"
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FIND( "\s[a-zA-Z]+" , "Hello world example" , 6 ) = "example"
FIRST | Returns |
FIRST
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the first character(s) of a string, based on the number of characters you specify. |
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FIRST integer CHARACTERS OF string
FIRST CHARACTER OF string |
- integer - A positive integer value. This can be either an attribute of base type integer, an expression that results in an integer or a constant integer value. FIRST CHARACTER OF can be used to retrieve only the first character of the string.
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
Return type
- string
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If you prefer a functional syntax, you can use the STR_FRONT( string, integer ) function. Example: STR_FRONT("Blueriq", 3) = "Blu" |
Examples
If File.name
is an attribute of base type string with value "Thisfile_1.doc" and the integer attribute File.prefix
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FIRST File.prefix CHARACTERS OF File.name = "Thisfile"
FIRST CHARACTER OF File.name = "T"
FIRST 5 CHARACTERS OF "pieceofcake" = "piece"
LAST
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LAST | Returns the last character(s) of a string, based on the number of characters you specify |
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LAST integer CHARACTERS OF string
LAST CHARACTER OF string |
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LENGTH | Returns |
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If you prefer a functional syntax, you can use the STR_BACK ( string, integer ) function. Example: STR_BACK("Blueriq", 3) = "riq" |
Examples
If File.name
is an attribute of base type string with value "Thisfile_1.doc" and the integer attribute File.extension
has value 3 then:
LAST File.extension CHARACTERS OF File.name = "doc"
LAST CHARACTER OF File.name = "c"
LAST 4 CHARACTERS OF "pieceofcake" = "cake"
LENGTH
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the length of a string |
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LENGTH ( string ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
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- integer
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Spaces at the start of the end of the string are counted as well, the string is not trimmed. |
Example
LENGTH( "Blueriq" ) = 7
LENGTH( " Blueriq " ) = 9
LENGTH( ? ) = ?
UPPER
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UPPERCASE | Returns a string with all characters in uppercase |
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UPPER ( string ) |
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Return type
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UPPER( "hello" ) = "HELLO"
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UPPER( "hello world " ) = "HELLO WORLD "
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UPPER( " hELLo " ) = " HELLO "
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LOWERCASE | Returns |
LOWER
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a string with all characters in lowercase |
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CAPITALIZE | Returns |
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LOWER ( string ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
Return type
- string
Example
LOWER( "hello" ) = "hello"
LOWER( "WORLD" ) = "world"
LOWER( "Hello World " ) = "hello world "
LOWER( " hELLo " ) = " hello "
LOWER( ? ) = ?
CAPITALIZE
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a string with the first character uppercased |
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CAPITALIZE ( string )
CAPITALIZE ( string, lowerTheRest ) |
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CAPITALIZE( "hello" ) = "Hello"
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CAPITALIZE( "WORLD" ) = "WORLD"
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CAPITALIZE( "hello world " ) = "Hello world "
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CAPITALIZE( " hELLo " ) = " hELLo "
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The input string is not trimmed, so in this case the first character is a space. |
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CAPITALIZE( "hello" , TRUE ) = "Hello"
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CAPITALIZE( "WORLD" , TRUE ) = "World"
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CAPITALIZE( "hello world " , TRUE ) = "Hello world "
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The input string is not trimmed, so in this case the first character is a space.
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TRIM | Strips |
TRIM
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the leading and trailing spaces from a |
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TRIM ( string ) |
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TRIM( "Hello" ) = "Hello"
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Returns the index of the first occurrence of a specified substring in a |
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- integer - the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring or -1 if it is not found
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INDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" ) = 4
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Returns the index of the last occurrence of a specified substring in a |
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SUBSTRING | Returns |
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- integer - the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring or -1 if it is not found
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LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" ) = 7
LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" , 6 ) = 4
LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "a" ) = -1
LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" , 3 ) = -1
SUBSTRING
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the substring of a given string starting from the index provided and ending at the end index if provided, or the end of the string |
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SUBSTRING ( string , startIndex )
SUBSTRING ( string , startIndex , endIndex ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
- startIndex - A positive integer value indicating at which character the substring should start (inclusive). This can be either an attribute of base type integer, an expression that results in an integer or a constant integer value. The first character starts at index 0.
- endIndex - A positive integer value indicating at which character the substring should end (exclusive). This can be either an attribute of base type integer, an expression that results in an integer or a constant integer value. The
endIndex
cannot exceed the length of the string and should be larger than the startIndex.
Return type
- string
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SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 1 ) = "ello world"
SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 0 , 1 ) = "H"
SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 1 , 5 ) = "ello"
SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 0 ) = "Hello world"
SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 0 , LENGTH( "Hello world" ) ) = "Hello world"
SUBSTRING-BEFORE
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the start of a given string before the first occurrence of substring, or an empty string if substring is not found |
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SUBSTRING-BEFORE ( string , substring ) |
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SUBSTRING-BEFORE( "hello:world" , ":" ) = "hello"
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AFTER | Returns |
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the end of a given string after the first occurrence of substring, or an empty string if substring is not found |
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SUBSTRING-AFTER ( string , substring ) |
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SPLIT | Returns a multivalued string |
SPLIT
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attribute containing every substring that is delimited by the given |
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SPLIT ( string , pattern ) |
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- string (multivalue)
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SPLIT( "Hello world" , "o" ) = [ "Hell" , " w" , "rld" ]
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SPLIT( "Hello" , "o" ) = [ "Hell" , "" ]
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REPLACE
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REPLACE | Replaces every occurrence of a string pattern within another string with a provided replacement string. The function is case-sensitive |
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REPLACE( pattern , string , replacement ) |
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- string. If the pattern is not found, the original string is returned.
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REPLACE( ":", "hello:world:example" , " " ) = "hello world example"
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REPLACE( "o" , "hello world" , "a" ) = "hella warld"
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REPLACE( "O" , "hello world" , "a" ) = "hello world"
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REPLACE( "\d{2}" , "hello1 world22 example333" , "@" ) = "hello1 world@ example@3"
EQUALS | Compares |
EQUALS
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two strings and returns TRUE if and only if they are equal. This function is case sensitive. |
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Only use this function if you need a case sensitive comparison of two strings. If you want to compare strings case insensitive, use the '=' operator instead. |
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EQUALS ( string1 , string2 ) |
- string1 - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
- string2 - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
Return type
- boolean
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EQUALS( "hello" , "Hello" ) = FALSE
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Note that "hello" = "Hello" will return TRUE because it is case insensitive |
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