XenoGuard 4.0 Documentation

Split

ActionStep Reference » Programming » String Operation » Truncate » Split

The ActionStep Split breaks a string into several substrings and stores the substrings in Strings of the result list.

[+] How to add the Split ActionStep to the ActionScript:

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Open the Programming node in the Workspace Explorer.
Open the String Operation node.
In the Truncate node, select the Split ActionStep.

Parameters:

The ActionStep has the following input parameters:

name	Description
Source String	The string to be split into substrings. Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Split String	A character or string that delimits the string. Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]

Results:

The ActionStep returns the following results:

name	description
String Count	The number of split substrings. Allowed Context Scope [Fixed] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter]
Strings	The substrings after splitting a given string. The parameter of the "String" sub-branch: Value - a substring Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter]

name

description

String Count

The number of split substrings.

Allowed Context Scope [Fixed]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter]

Strings

The substrings after splitting a given string.

The parameter of the "String" sub-branch:

Value - a substring

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

	The specified Split String as delimiter is removed from the resulting substring(s).

Example 1 (Display the word count of a string):

This example counts the string from the local Description variable with Text as a data type. The result after splitting the strings into substring is then output via Message Box.

See other Truncate operations:

Substring
Remove
Trim Whitespace
Trim Whitespace at Start
Trim Whitespace at End
Between