XenoGuard 4.0 Documentation
Remove
ActionStep Reference » Programming » String Operation » Truncate » Remove
The ActionStep Remove deletes the number of character(s) according to the specified index and length values of the current string and stores the new string in Result of the result list.
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- Open the Programming node in the Workspace Explorer.
- Open the String Operation node.
- In the Truncate node, select the Remove ActionStep.
Parameters:
The ActionStep has the following input parameters:
| name |
Description
|
|---|---|
| Source String |
The string to be truncated.
Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum] |
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Start Index
|
The starting point for the string.
Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum] |
| Remove Length |
The length of character(s) to be removed.
Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum] |
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An exception occurs when the Start Index value is less than zero or when the Index and Length values do not correspond to the actual string length to be retrieved. |
Results:
The ActionStep returns the following results:
|
name
|
description
|
|---|---|
| Result |
Contains the truncated string.
Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter] |
Example 1 (Removes the dash symbol from a variable):
This example deletes a character from the local License variable with Text as a data type. The result after removing the character is then output via Write Text.
See other Truncate operations:
Substring
Trim Whitespace
Trim Whitespace at Start
Trim Whitespace at End
Split
Between