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Text

Text object. Use it to perform text manipulations.

Action Summary

Action Description
Base64Decode Decodes base64 string.
Base64Encode Converts string to base64 format.
CharAt Returns a new string consisting of the single UTF-16 code unit located at the specified index into the str.
CharCodeAt Returns an integer between 0 and 65535 representing the UTF-16 code unit at the given index into the str.
Concat Append str2 to str1.
Contains Perform a case-sensitive search to determine whether substr may be found within str, returning true or false as appropriate.
EndsWith Determines whether a str ends with the characters of substr.
FileContains Perform a case-sensitive search (find in file) to determine whether substr may be found within a text file represented by filePath, returning true or false as appropriate.
FirstIndex The first index at which a given substr can be found in the str, or -1 if it is not present.
Format Format given formatStr template string by expanding properties of nameValueJsonObj as {param1}, {param2} etc template params.
IncrementDate Increments a date/time string with a given offset.
Join Concatenate all of the elements in arr array (or an array-like object), separated by commas or a specified separator string.
LastIndex The last index at which a given substr can be found in the str, or -1 if it is not present.
Limit Limit str to be not more than maxLength chars.
PadEnd Pads the current string with another string (multiple times, if needed) until the resulting string reaches the given length.
PadStart Pads the current string with another string (multiple times, if needed) until the resulting string reaches the given length.
Repeat Returns a new string which contains the specified number of copies of str, concatenated together.
ReplaceAll Replace all occurences of oldValue in str with newValue .
ReplaceFirst Replace first occurence of oldValue in str with newValue .
Split Divides str into an ordered list of substrings, puts these substrings into an array, and returns the array.
SplitAt Get atIndth item after split.
SplitCount Get number of parts that will occur after splitting given str with given separator.
StartsWith Determines whether str begins with the characters of substr.
Substr Extract length characters from a str, counting from the start index.
Substring Text.Substring() extracts characters from indexStart up to but not including indexEnd.
ToLowercase Returns str value converted to lowercase.
ToString Convert anything to a string.
ToUppercase Returns the str value converted to uppercase.
Trim Strips leading and trailing white-space from a string, replaces sequences of whitespace characters by a single space, and returns the resulting string.
TrimEnd Strips trailing white-space from a string, replaces sequences of whitespace characters by a single space, and returns the resulting string.
TrimStart Strips leading white-space from a string, replaces sequences of whitespace characters by a single space, and returns the resulting string.

Action Detail

Base64Decode

Decodes base64 string. Requires Rapise 8.1+.

Text.Base64Decode(base64EncodedData)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
base64EncodedData string Base64 encoded string.

Base64Encode

Converts string to base64 format. Requires Rapise 8.1+.

Text.Base64Encode(plainText)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
plainText string Input string to encode.

CharAt

Returns a new string consisting of the single UTF-16 code unit located at the specified index into the str.

Text.CharAt(str, index)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to extract from.
index number Character position.

Returns:

string: Char at index.

CharCodeAt

Returns an integer between 0 and 65535 representing the UTF-16 code unit at the given index into the str.

Text.CharCodeAt(str, index)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to search in.
index number Character position.

Returns:

number: Char code at index.

Concat

Append str2 to str1.

Text.Concat(str1, str2)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str1 string 1st part.
str2 string 2nd part (may be array).

Returns:

string: Combined string

Contains

Perform a case-sensitive search to determine whether substr may be found within str, returning true or false as appropriate.

Text.Contains(str, substr)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to search in.
substr string Substring to find.

Returns:

boolean: true if substr was found in str.

EndsWith

Determines whether a str ends with the characters of substr.

Text.EndsWith(str, substr)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to search in.
substr string Substring to find.

Returns:

boolean: true or false as appropriate

FileContains

Perform a case-sensitive search (find in file) to determine whether substr may be found within a text file represented by filePath, returning true or false as appropriate.

Text.FileContains(filePath, substr)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
filePath string File Path.
substr string Text to modify.

Returns:

boolean: true if substr was found in the file.

FirstIndex

The first index at which a given substr can be found in the str, or -1 if it is not present. Search starts from fromIndex.

Text.FirstIndex(str, substr, fromIndex)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to search in.
substr string Substring to find.
fromIndex number An integer representing the index at which to start the search. Defaults to 0.
Optional.

Returns:

number: Index or -1

Format

Format given formatStr template string by expanding properties of nameValueJsonObj as {param1}, {param2} etc template params.". Designed to be called from JavaScript. If you need to call it from RVL then consider using RVL.FormatString instead.

Text.Format(formatStr, nameValueJsonObj)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
formatStr string Format with template placeholders {a}, {value}, {x} etc.
nameValueJsonObj object JSON-formatted object, with properties used as input parameter names.

Returns:

string: Formatted string

IncrementDate

Increments a date/time string with a given offset. Requires Rapise 8.1+. 1. Parses date using given format specifier. Formatting is described here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1(v=vs.85).aspx Example: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm 2. Adds/Subtracts specified number of years, months, days, hours, minutes. The number may be negative or positive, i.e. months=2 adds 2 months, months=-3 goes 3 months back, months=0 leaves months intact. 3. Formats the date back and returns.

Text.IncrementDate(dstr, fmt, years, months, days, hours, minutes)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
dstr string Date/time string. If not set then current date/time is used.
fmt string Date/time format.
years number Year increment/decrement.
months number Month increment/decrement.
days number Day increment/decrement.
hours number Hour increment/decrement.
minutes number Minute increment/decrement.

Join

Concatenate all of the elements in arr array (or an array-like object), separated by commas or a specified separator string. If the array has only one item, then that item will be returned without using the separator.

Text.Join(arr, separator)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
arr array Input array.
separator string Join separator (default - ',')
Optional.

Returns:

string: A string with all array elements joined. If arr.length is 0, the empty string is returned.

LastIndex

The last index at which a given substr can be found in the str, or -1 if it is not present. Search backwards from fromIndex.

Text.LastIndex(str, substr, fromIndex)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to search in.
substr string Substring to find.
fromIndex number An integer representing the index at which to start the search. Defaults to 0.
Optional.

Returns:

number: Index or -1

Limit

Limit str to be not more than maxLength chars. If ellipsis is specified, it is appended to the string.

Text.Limit(str, maxLength, ellipsis)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to limit.
maxLength number The maximum allowed length of the resulting string.
ellipsis string The padding text to append to the end if the string was actually shortened.
Optional.

Returns:

string: Whole or shortened string.

PadEnd

Pads the current string with another string (multiple times, if needed) until the resulting string reaches the given length. The padding is applied to the end of the str.

Text.PadEnd(str, targetLength, padString)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to pad.
targetLength number The length of the resulting string once the current str has been padded. If the value is less than str.length, then str is returned as-is.
padString string The string to pad the current str with.

Returns:

string: A String of the specified targetLength with padString applied from the start.

PadStart

Pads the current string with another string (multiple times, if needed) until the resulting string reaches the given length. The padding is applied from the start of the str.

Text.PadStart(str, targetLength, padString)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to pad.
targetLength number The length of the resulting string once the current str has been padded. If the value is less than str.length, then str is returned as-is.
padString string The string to pad the current str with.

Returns:

string: A String of the specified targetLength with padString applied from the start.

Repeat

Returns a new string which contains the specified number of copies of str, concatenated together.

Text.Repeat(str, count)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to repeat.
count number Number of times to repeat.

Returns:

string: string containing the specified number of copies of the given string.

ReplaceAll

Replace all occurences of oldValue in str with newValue .

Text.ReplaceAll(str, oldValue, newValue)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to modify.
oldValue string Substring to find.
newValue string Replacement value.

Returns:

string: Text after replace.

ReplaceFirst

Replace first occurence of oldValue in str with newValue .

Text.ReplaceFirst(str, oldValue, newValue)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to modify.
oldValue string Substring to find.
newValue string Replacement value.

Returns:

string: Text after replace.

Split

Divides str into an ordered list of substrings, puts these substrings into an array, and returns the array. The division is done by searching for a separator.

Text.Split(str, separator)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to split.
separator string Split separator

Returns:

array: Array of strings

SplitAt

Get atIndth item after split. If atInd<0 or atInd is more than split array size, null is returned.

Text.SplitAt(str, separator, atInd)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to split.
separator string Split separator
atInd number 0-based index of item

Returns:

string: Item string or null, if index is out of scope.

SplitCount

Get number of parts that will occur after splitting given str with given separator.

Text.SplitCount(str, separator)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to split.
separator string Split separator

Returns:

number: Number of split parts

StartsWith

Determines whether str begins with the characters of substr.

Text.StartsWith(str, substr)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to search in.
substr string Substring to find.

Returns:

boolean: true or false as appropriate

Substr

Extract length characters from a str, counting from the start index.

  • If start is a non-negative number, the index starts counting from the start of the string. Its value is capped at str.length - 1.
  • If start is a negative number, the index starts counting from the end of the string. Its value is capped at -str.length.
  • If length is omitted, Text.Substr() extracts characters to the end of the string.
  • If length is undefined, Text.Substr() extracts characters to the end of the string.
  • If length is a negative number, it is treated as 0.
  • For both start and length, NaN is treated as 0.
Text.Substr(str, start, length)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to extract from.
start number where to start the substring.
length number how many characters to return.
Optional.

Returns:

string: Substring

Substring

Text.Substring() extracts characters from indexStart up to but not including indexEnd. In particular:

  • If indexEnd is omitted, Text.Substring() extracts characters to the end of the string.
  • If indexStart is equal to indexEnd, Text.Substring() returns an empty string.
  • If indexStart is greater than indexEnd, then the effect of Text.Substring() is as if the two arguments were swapped;

Any argument value that is less than 0 or greater than str.length is treated as if it were 0 and str.length, respectively.

Text.Substring(str, indexStart, indexEnd)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to extract from.
indexStart number The index of the first character to include in the returned substring.
indexEnd number The index of the first character to exclude from the returned substring.
Optional.

Returns:

string: Substring

ToLowercase

Returns str value converted to lowercase.

Text.ToLowercase(str)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to process.

Returns:

string: Lowercase value.

ToString

Convert anything to a string.

Text.ToString(anyObj)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
anyObj object Object of any type

Returns:

string: string representation of the object

ToUppercase

Returns the str value converted to uppercase.

Text.ToUppercase(str)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string Text to process.

Returns:

string: Uppercase value.

Trim

Strips leading and trailing white-space from a string, replaces sequences of whitespace characters by a single space, and returns the resulting string. Whitespace characters are [ \f\n\r\t\v\u00a0\u1680\u180e\u2000-\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff].

Text.Trim(str, global, trimChars)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string String to trim.
global boolean If 'true' then global trim is performed (whitespaces in the middle are substituted with a single space). If 'false' only ends are trimmed.
Optional, Default: "false".
trimChars string String with each char to be subject for trim.
Optional.

Returns:

string: Trimmed string.

TrimEnd

Strips trailing white-space from a string, replaces sequences of whitespace characters by a single space, and returns the resulting string. Whitespace characters are [ \f\n\r\t\v\u00a0\u1680\u180e\u2000-\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff].

Text.TrimEnd(str, trimChars)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string String to trim.
trimChars string String with each char to be subject for trim.
Optional.

Returns:

string: Trimmed string.

TrimStart

Strips leading white-space from a string, replaces sequences of whitespace characters by a single space, and returns the resulting string. Whitespace characters are [ \f\n\r\t\v\u00a0\u1680\u180e\u2000-\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff].

Text.TrimStart(str, trimChars)

Parameters:

Name Type Description
str string String to trim.
trimChars string String with each char to be subject for trim.
Optional.

Returns:

string: Trimmed string.