TSL sequence statement

TSL sequence [[[#]]]

Use this operator to add a sequence-number to each instance in a set of instances.

Note: The sequence operator returns the sequence-number of the FOREACH loop that it is used in. It is not the sequence in which the instances where created. The sequence number starts at 0.

Syntax

[[[#]]]

Input

• # is the sequence operator

Example

Suppose you want to create an overview of all registered users. Then you could create the following message:

[[[FOREACH user]]][[[# user.last_name]]], [[[user.first_name]]][[[/FOREACH]]]

If you have three registered users: John Doe, Jane Doe and Mr X your user list would look like this: 0 Doe, John 1 Doe, Jane 2 X, Mr

Or you want to create a comma separated list that contains all users:

[[[FOREACH user]]] [[[user.first_name]]] [[[user.last_name]]]
[[[IF # != (COUNT user.last_name - 1)]]], [[[ELSE]]]. [[[/IF]]]
[[[/FOREACH]]] /*end user loop*/

Than the result would look like this:

John Doe, Jane Doe, Mr X.

TSL formats [[[expression{format}]]]

There are two different types of formatting available in TSL, number formats and date formats. Both formats are applied to attributes or expressions in the same way.

Syntax

[[[expression{format}]]]

Inputs

• expression: is a number or date

• format: is the number or date formatting

Numbers

In TSL, you can use number formats to change the appearance of numbers, without changing the number behind the appearance. The number format you apply does not affect the actual value. In this context a number can be any of the following basetypes; number, integer, currency or percentage.

The number formats used in TSL are common Java decimal formats. The most commonly used formatting symbols are listed below. For a complete documentation we refer to the online java documentation that is available at https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/text/DecimalFormat.html.

These symbols are used to create a format pattern. How this pattern is created is shown in the examples below.

To use the symbols as ordinary characters in your expression use the escape character.

Examples

Dates

In TSL, you can use date formats to change the appearance of dates, without changing the date behind the appearance. The date format you apply does not affect the actual value.

These symbols are used to create a format pattern.

Examples