Text manipulation Reference

Provides expressions to manipulate strings (also called texts): new line, upper/lowercase, substring, find, replace, etc...

Expressions

Expression	Description
FromCodePoint(number)	Get character from code point
	🔢 Number	Code point
NewLine()	Insert a new line
StrAt(string, number)	Get a character from a text
	🔤 String	Text
	🔢 Number	Position of the character (the first letter is at position 0)
StrFind(string, string)	Search in a text (return the position of the result or -1 if not found)
	🔤 String	Text
	🔤 String	Text to search for
StrFindFrom(string, string, number)	Search in a text, starting from a position (return the position of the result or -1 if not found)
	🔤 String	Text
	🔤 String	Text to search for
	🔢 Number	Position of the first character in the string to be considered in the search
StrFindLast(string, string)	Search the last occurrence in a string (return the position of the result, from the beginning of the string, or -1 if not found)
	🔤 String	Text
	🔤 String	Text to search for
StrFindLastFrom(string, string, number)	Search in a text the last occurrence, starting from a position (return the position of the result, from the beginning of the string, or -1 if not found)
	🔤 String	Text
	🔤 String	Text to search for
	🔢 Number	Position of the last character in the string to be considered in the search
StrLength(string)	Length of a text
	🔤 String	Text
StrRepeat(string, number)	Repeat a text
	🔤 String	Text to repeat
	🔢 Number	Repetition count
StrReplaceAll(string, string, string)	Replace all occurrences of a text by another.
	🔤 String	Text in which the replacement(s) must be done
	🔤 String	Text to find inside the first text
	🔤 String	Replacement to put instead of the text to find
StrReplaceOne(string, string, string)	Replace the first occurrence of a text by another.
	🔤 String	Text in which the replacement must be done
	🔤 String	Text to find inside the first text
	🔤 String	Replacement to put instead of the text to find
SubStr(string, number, number)	Get a portion of a text
	🔤 String	Text
	🔢 Number	Start position of the portion (the first letter is at position 0)
	🔢 Number	Length of the portion
ToLowerCase(string)	Lowercase a text
	🔤 String	Text
ToUpperCase(string)	Uppercase a text
	🔤 String	Text

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