Difference between revisions of "Action: Text Manipulation"
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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. |
Revision as of 14:31, 11 June 2021
This action can be used to perform basic string manipulation on a text string.
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.)
Example Usage
"hello i am using macrodroid app"
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".
Replace all
Uses a regular expression to replace matching text with the supplied new text.
Example Usage
Source text = Hello, how are you?.
the text to replace is "hello".
the new text is "hi"
The end result will be, "hi, how are you?".
Extract text
Uses a regular expression to match and extract a section from the text.
Upper case
Converts the text to all upper case characters.
Lower case
Converts the text to all lower case characters.
Trim whitespase
Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.