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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.<br/>
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<br/>'''Substring'''<br/>
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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.)
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<br/>'''Example Usage'''<br/>
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"hello i am using macrodroid app"<br/>
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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/>
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<br/>'''Replace all'''<br/>
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Uses a regular expression to replace matching text with the supplied new text.<br/>
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'''Example Usage'''<br/>
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Source text = Hello, how are you?.
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the text to replace is "hello".<br/>
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the new text is "hi"<br/>
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The end result will be, "hi, how are you?".
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<br/>'''Extract text'''<br/>
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Uses a regular expression to match and extract a section from the text.<br/>
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<br/>'''Upper case'''<br/>
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Converts the text to all upper case characters.<br/>
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<br/>'''Lower case'''<br/>
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Converts the text to all lower case characters.<br/>
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<br/>'''Trim whitespase'''<br/>
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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.