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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 |
- 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. LAST CHARACTER OF can be used to retrieve only the last 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_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 results in “doc”
- LAST CHARACTER OF File.name results in “c”
Example
- FIRST 2 CHARACTERS OF (LAST 6 CHARACTERS OF “pieceofcake”) results in “of”
- LAST 3 CHARACTERS OF (FIRST 4 CHARACTERS OF “what's in a name”) results in “hat”
LENGTH
LENGTH returns the length of a string
Syntax
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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.
Return type
- 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
UPPER returns a string with all characters in uppercase
Syntax
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UPPER ( string ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
Return type
- string
Example
UPPER( "hello" ) = "HELLO"
UPPER( "WORLD" ) = "WORLD"
UPPER( "hello world " ) = "HELLO WORLD "
UPPER( " hELLo " ) = " HELLO "
- UPPER( ? ) = ?
LOWER
LOWER returns a string with all characters in lowercase
Syntax
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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
CAPITALIZE returns a string with the first character uppercased
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CAPITALIZE ( string ) CAPITALIZE ( string, lowerTheRest ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
- lowerTheRest - An attribute of base type boolean, an expression that results in a boolean or a constant boolean value, indicating that the other characters need to be lowercased. This parameter is optional and if it is not supplied, the other characters are left untouched.
Return type
- string
Example
- CAPITALIZE( "hello" ) = "Hello"
CAPITALIZE( "WORLD" ) = "WORLD"
CAPITALIZE( "hello world " ) = "Hello world "
CAPITALIZE( " hELLo " ) = " hELLo "
UI Text Box type note The input string is not trimmed, so in this case the first character is a space.
- CAPITALIZE( "hello" , TRUE ) = "Hello"
CAPITALIZE( "WORLD" , TRUE ) = "World"
CAPITALIZE( "hello world " , TRUE ) = "Hello world "
CAPITALIZE( " hello " , TRUE ) = " hELLo "
UI Text Box type note The input string is not trimmed, so in this case the first character is a space.
- CAPITALIZE( ? ) = ?
TRIM
TRIM strips the leading and trailing spaces from a string
Syntax
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TRIM ( string ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
Return type
- string
Example
- TRIM( "Hello" ) = "Hello"
- TRIM( "Hello World" ) = "Hello World"
- TRIM( " Hello World " ) = "Hello World"
- TRIM( ? ) = ?
INDEXOF
INDEXOF returns the index of the first occurrence of a specified substring in a string
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INDEXOF ( string , substring )
INDEXOF ( string , substring , startIndex ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
- substring - 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 search for 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.
Return type
- integer - the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring or -1 if it is not found
Example
- INDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" ) = 4
- INDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" , 5 ) = 7
- INDEXOF( "Hello world" , "a" ) = -1
- INDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" , 8 ) = -1
LASTINDEXOF
LASTINDEXOF returns the index of the last occurrence of a specified substring in a string
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LASTINDEXOF ( string , substring )
LASTINDEXOF ( string , substring , startIndex ) |
- string - An attribute of base type string, an expression that results in a string or a constant string value.
- substring - 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 search for the substring should start (inclusive), searching backwards. This can be either an attribute of base type integer, an expression that results in an integer or a constant integer value.
Return type
- integer - the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring or -1 if it is not found
Example
- LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" ) = 7
- LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" , 5 ) = 4
- LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "a" ) = -1
- LASTINDEXOF( "Hello world" , "o" , 3 ) = -1
SUBSTRING
SUBSTRING returns 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
Syntax
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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.
Return type
- string
Example
- SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 1 ) = "ello world"
- SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 1 , 5 ) = "ello"
- SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 0 ) = "Hello world"
- SUBSTRING( "Hello world" , 0 , LENGTH( "Hello world" ) ) = "Hello world"SUBSTRING( ? , 1 ) = ?