Examples of use - Text steps

This is an example that shows how to use the following steps:

• Get Text Length Step
• Pad Text Step
• Replace Text Step
• Trim Text Step
• Index Of Text Step
• Get Subtext Step
• Append Line To Text Step
• Parse Text Step
• Split Text Step
• Contains Text Step
• To Upper Text Step
• To Lower Text Step
• To Title Case Step

For this example, we create one string variable with value "this is demo variable". 

Get Text Length Step

First, we use the "Get Text Length Step" to determine how many characters our string variable has. 

After executing the process, our new variable "VariableLength" has value 21. 

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Pad Text Step

Now we will use "Pad Text Step" to add the character "A" to the end of a string variable that our variable is 30 characters long.

Our variable had length 21 ("this is demo variable"), so the step will add nine times the character "A" so the new variable after padding will be "this is demo variableAAAAAAAAA" 

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Replace Text Step

We will use "Replace Text Step" to replace the character "A" with space. So new value will be "this is demo variable         ". 

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Trim Text Step

To retrieve the original variable, we can use the "Trim Text Step" to remove any unnecessary added spaces. After executing this step, our variable returns to "this is demo variable".

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Index Of Text Step

Starting at position 0, the word "demo" appears at position 8. Using the "Index Of Text Step", we can retrieve this information in the variable IndexDemo.

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Get Subtext Step

Let's now use "Get Subtext Step" to get "demo" from our variable.  The word "demo" has 4 characters, so the length is 4. Now we are ready to populate the step.

After this step, our process will have a new variable named "SubText" and value "demo". 

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Append Line To Text Step

Now we will add "Append Line To Text Step"  to add text "demo" to our DemoVariable.

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Replace text Step (with regex)

Now, we will use the "Replace Text Step" again but with a regex expression to replace the new line with a space.

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Parse Text Step

DemoVariable now has the value "this is demo variable demo". Let's use the "Parse Text Step" to check how many times we have the text "demo" in our variable.

After process execution, our new variable, ParseCounter, has value 2 ( "this is demo variable demo") because the destination list variable with the name ListParse has two elements. This list indicates the position of the first character of the text to find, in our example "d" in "demo". 

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Split text step

We will split our variable using space as a delimiter. To do that, we will use "Split text step".

After process execution, our new variable SplitCounter has a value of 5 because the destination list variable with the name ListSplit has five elements. 

This list contains the following elements:

0. this

1. is

2. demo

3. variable

4. demo

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Contains Text Step

Our variable BooleanContains will have a value of "True" if DemoVariable contains the text "demo". This will be checked using the "Contains Text Step".

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To Upper Text Step 

We can use the "To Upper Text Step" function to get variable with uppercase letters. For example, we can change the value of the variable SubText from "demo" to "DEMO".

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To LowerText Step 

Using "To Lower Text Step" we can change it back from "DEMO" to "demo".

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To Title Case Text Step

If you want to capitalize only the first letter of each word and make all other letters lowercase, you can use the "To Title Case Text Step" function. After the process is complete, our variable will have the value "This Is Demo Variable Demo".

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Check variables values

If you want to view the values of your variables after process execution, you can check the process outputs by pressing Ctrl + 0 or clicking on the icon Process Output and choosing Variables.