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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.
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The replace text and extract text functions support the use of regex.
 
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The replace text and extract text functions support the use of regex.<br/>
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<br/>'''Substring'''<br/>
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'''Substring'''
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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.)
 
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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For example, in this string, 'hello I am using
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Uses a regular expression to match and extract a section from the text.
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the Macrodroid application', we can obtain the word 'Macrodroid' by using the initial position 17 and the last position 27.
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<br/>'''Example Usage'''<br/>
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My phone number is 1234567890<br/>
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Extract the expression "[0-9]".
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'''Replace all'''
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This will give a final result of the extraction of the phone number.
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The given function utilises a regular expression to substitute matching text with the provided new text.
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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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For instance, if
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'''Example Usage'''<br/>
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the source text is "Hello, how are you?"
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Source text<br/>
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let's change the text "Hello" (text to replace)
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"Macrodroid is my app to automate my device".<br/>
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by new text "Hi" then the final output will be 'Hi, how are you?'
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Final result
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"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".<br/>
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<br/>'''Lower case'''<br/>
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'''Extract text'''
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Converts the text to all lower case characters.<br/>
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'''Example Usage'''<br/>
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A regular expression can be used to match and extract specific sections of text.
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Source text<br/>
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"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".<br/>
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For example, if the
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Final result<br/>
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text contains a phone number
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"macrodroid is my app to automate my device".<br/>
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such as 'My phone
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<br/>'''Trim whitespace'''<br/>
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number is 1234567890', the expression '[0-9]' can be used to extract only the digits and obtain the phone number.
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Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.<br/>
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<br/>'''Remove text'''<br/>
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'''Upper case'''
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Converts the text to all uppercase letters.
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Example of use
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Source text "Macrodroid is my application to automate my device".
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Output text
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"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".
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'''Lower case'''
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Converts the text to all lower case characters.
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Example Usage
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Source text
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"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".
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Output text
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"macrodroid is my app to automate my device".
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'''Trim whitespace'''
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Removes any leading/trailing whitespace from the text.
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Example Usage
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Source text
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"macrodroid is my app to automate my device".
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Output text
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"macrodroidismyapptoautomatemydevice".
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'''Remove text'''
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Remove text from some variable using plain text or Regex
 
Remove text from some variable using plain text or Regex
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<br/>'''Example Usage'''<br/>
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Source text<br/>
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Example Usage
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Source text
 
the text to remove is "MACRODROID".
 
the text to remove is "MACRODROID".
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"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".<br/>
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"MACRODROID IS MY APP TO AUTOMATE MY DEVICE".
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Final result<br/>
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Output text
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" is my app to automate my device".<br/>
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" is my app to automate my device".
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