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Text - Get substring |
<AMTEXT ACTIVITY="get_substring" TEXT="text" RESULTVARIABLE="text" STARTPOSITION="number" LENGTH="number" /> |
Description:
Retrieves a portion of the text specified and places the result in a variable.
Generally used as a text manipulation tool to retrieve specific text from a larger text value.
General
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Original Text |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
TEXT="My name is Joe" |
The target text to retrieve the subtext from. As with every text parameter, if the data you wish to enter is contained in a variable, simply enter the variable name surrounded by percentage signs to resolve it to it's contents at runtime (e.g.,%VarName%). |
Starting Position |
Number |
Yes |
(Empty) |
POSITION="24" |
The position in the text in which retrieval should begin. |
Length of text to get |
Number |
No |
(Empty) |
LENGTH="3" |
The number of characters to retrieve. |
Populate variable with result |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
RESULTVARIABLE="varname" |
The name of an existing variable to be populated with the new value. |
NOTE: The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps panel of the Task Builder. |
Description:
This sample task uses a Get substring activity to get part of the text string populated into a variable and displays the retrieved substring in a message box.
<AMVARIABLE NAME="theVar">Hello</AMVARIABLE> <AMTEXTGETSUBTEXT TEXT="%theVar%" STARTPOSITION="1" LENGTH="2" RESULTVARIABLE="theVar" /> <AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The sub text retrieved was %theVar%" /> |