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JosueGd: Created page with "This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string."

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This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.

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 Example Usage
-Source text
+Source text "MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".
 the text to remove is "MACRODROID".
 Output text
 " is my app to automate my device".
 </pre>

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 <pre style="background-color: #ACC8E5; color: #112A46; border-radius: 10px; padding: 10px;">
 This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.
 </pre>
-The replace text and extract text functions support the use of regex.<br/>
-<br/>'''Substring'''<br/>
+'''Substring'''
 Returns a sub-section of the text defined by the supplied start and end indexes. The first character starts at index 0 and the last index is excluded. (To get the first character use values 0 and 1.)
-<br/>'''Extract text'''<br/>
+For example, in this string, 'hello I am using
-Uses a regular expression to match and extract a section from the text.
+the Macrodroid application', we can obtain the word 'Macrodroid' by using the initial position 17 and the last position 27.
-<br/>'''Example Usage'''<br/>
+</pre>
-My phone number is 1234567890<br/>
-Extract the expression "[0-9]".
+'''Replace all'''
-This will give a final result of the extraction of the phone number.
+<pre style="background-color: #ACC8E5; color: #112A46; border-radius: 10px; padding: 10px;">
-<br/>
+The given function utilises a regular expression to substitute matching text with the provided new text.
-<br/>'''Upper case'''<br/>
-Converts the text to all upper case characters.<br/>
+For instance, if
-'''Example Usage'''<br/>
+the source text is "Hello, how are you?"
-Source text<br/>
+let's change the text "Hello" (text to replace)
-"Macrodroid is my app to automate my device".<br/>
+by new text "Hi" then the final output will be 'Hi, how are you?'
-Final result
+</pre>
-"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".<br/>
-<br/>'''Lower case'''<br/>
+'''Extract text'''
-Converts the text to all lower case characters.<br/>
+<pre style="background-color: #ACC8E5; color: #112A46; border-radius: 10px; padding: 10px;">
-'''Example Usage'''<br/>
+A regular expression can be used to match and extract specific sections of text.
-Source text<br/>
-"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".<br/>
+For example, if the
-Final result<br/>
+text contains a phone number
-"macrodroid is my app to automate my device".<br/>
+such as 'My phone
-<br/>'''Trim whitespace'''<br/>
+number is 1234567890', the expression '[0-9]' can be used to extract only the digits and obtain the phone number.
-Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.<br/>
+</pre>
-<br/>'''Remove text'''<br/>
 Remove text from some variable using plain text or Regex
-<br/>'''Example Usage'''<br/>
-Source text<br/>
+Example Usage
 the text to remove is "MACRODROID".
-"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".<br/>
+"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".
-Final result<br/>
+Output text
-" is my app to automate my device".<br/>
+" is my app to automate my device".

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 <pre style="background-color: #ACC8E5; color: #112A46; border-radius: 10px; padding: 10px;">
-This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.<br/>
+This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.
 </pre>
 The replace text and extract text functions support the use of regex.<br/>
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 "macrodroid is my app to automate my device".<br/>
 <br/>'''Trim whitespace'''<br/>
-Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.
+Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.<br/>

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 This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.<br/>
 <br/>'''Note'''<br/>
 The replace text and extract text functions support the use of regex.<br/>
 <br/>'''Substring'''<br/>

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 Final result<br/>
 "macrodroid is my app to automate my device".<br/>
-<br/>'''Trim whitespase'''<br/>
+<br/>'''Trim whitespace'''<br/>
 Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.

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−	This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.	+	This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.<br/>
		+	<br/>'''Substring'''<br/>
		+	Returns a sub-section of the text defined by the supplied start and end indexes. The first character starts at index 0 and the last index is excluded. (To get the first character use values 0 and 1.)
		+	<br/>'''Example Usage'''<br/>
		+	"hello i am using macrodroid app"<br/>
		+	To obtain the word Macrodroid we will use the initial position 17 and last position 27 and as a result we will have the value "Macrodroid".<br/>
		+	<br/>'''Replace all'''<br/>
		+	Uses a regular expression to replace matching text with the supplied new text.<br/>
		+	'''Example Usage'''<br/>
		+	Source text = Hello, how are you?.
		+	<br/>
		+	the text to replace is "hello".<br/>
		+	the new text is "hi"<br/>
		+	The end result will be, "hi, how are you?".
		+
		+	<br/>'''Extract text'''<br/>
		+	Uses a regular expression to match and extract a section from the text.<br/>
		+	<br/>'''Upper case'''<br/>
		+	Converts the text to all upper case characters.<br/>
		+	<br/>'''Lower case'''<br/>
		+	Converts the text to all lower case characters.<br/>
		+	<br/>'''Trim whitespase'''<br/>
		+	Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.