Generic Action: String Manipulation Operations and Examples

Last Updated : Mar 20, 2024 |

The following options can be selected for the Select Operation setting when using a Generic action set to String Manipulation.

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Return the portion of the string before or after the first or last occurrence of the indicated character or characters to match.

Return the selected number of characters starting from the position index and going right.


Selected Input Variable ($CP0)	Free Format Command	Result Variable ($CP1)
`01555364200`	`STRING:$CP1=mid($CP0,3,3)`	`555`

Return the selected number of characters starting from the left end.


Selected Input Variable ($CP0)	Free Format Command	Result Variable ($CP1)
`01555364200`	`STRING:$CP1=left($CP0,5)`	`01555`

Return the selected number of characters starting from the right end.


Selected Input Variable ($CP0)	Free Format Command	Result Variable ($CP1)
`01555364200`	`STRING:$CP1=right($CP0,5)`	`64200`

Return the length of the string before or after the first or last occurrence of the indicated character or characters to match.


Selected Input Variable ($CP0)	Free Format Command	Result Variable ($CP1)
`01555364200`	`STRING:$CP1=length($CPO)`	`11`
	`STRING:$CP1=lengthtofirst($CPO,5)`	`2`
	`STRING:$CP1=lengthfromfirst($CPO,5)`	`9`
	`STRING:$CP1=lengthtolast($CPO,5)`	`5`
	`STRING:$CP1=lengthfromlast($CPO,5)`	`7`

Change any uppercase characters in the input into lowercase.


Selected Input Variable ($CP0)	Free Format Command	Result Variable ($CP1)
`ABCdef123`	`STRING:$CP1=lower($CP0)`	`abcdef123`

Reverse the order of characters in the input.


Selected Input Variable ($CP0)	Free Format Command	Result Variable ($CP1)
`ABCdef123`	`STRING:$CP1=reverse($CP0)`	`321fedCBA`

Change any lowercase characters in the input into uppercase.


Selected Input Variable ($CP0)	Free Format Command	Result Variable ($CP1)
`ABCdef123`	`STRING:$CP1=upper($CP0)`	`ABCDEF123`

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