XenoGuard 4.0 Documentation

Replace

ActionStep Reference » Programming » String Operation » Addendum » Replace 

The ActionStep Replace changes the string value after searching a specified string sequence and stores the new string in Result of the result list.

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  1. Open the Programming node in the Workspace Explorer.
  2. Open the String Operation node.
  3. In the Addendum node, select the Replace ActionStep.

Parameters:

The ActionStep has the following input parameters:


NAME DESCRIPTION
String The string to be replaced.

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Search String
The sequence of string(s) to be searched.

Allowed Context Scopes
 [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Replace String
The string to be replaced after searching a string sequence.

Allowed Context Scopes
 [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]

Results:

The ActionStep returns the following results:


name
description
Result Contains the new string.

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter]

Warning

An exception occurs when the value of the Search String parameter is empty. This parameter must have at least a single character.

Example 1 (Substitute a symbol in a variable):

This example replaces the text of the local Due Date variable with Text as data type. A specified string was searched through the given String parameter and then replaced with a new character. The result of the new string is then output via Write Text.

See other Addendum operations:

Insert
Concatenate
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