extract

Description

Extract a specific length of characters from a string of text.

Input / Parameter

Name
Description
Input Type
Default
Options
Required

type

The part of the string to extract characters from.

Text

-

Left , Middle , Right

Yes

text

The string of text to extract from.

Text

-

-

Yes

length

The length of characters to extract.

Number

-

-

Yes

start

The index to start extracting from.

Number

-

-

Yes (Applicable for type ‘Middle’ only.)

Output

Description
Output Type

Returns the extracted string of text.

String/Text

Example

In this example, we will extract a part of a text using extract function.

Steps

  1. Drag a button component into the canvas and open the Action tab. Select the press event of the button.

  2. Add Log.write function and add a subflow on it's value, then put Text.extract inside it and fill type param with Left and the text param with Hello, 世界🌍! and length param with 5.

  3. Add Log.write function and add a subflow on it's value, then put Text.extract inside it and fill type param with Right and the text param with Hello, 世界🌍! and length param with 6.

  4. Add Log.write function and add a subflow on it's value, then put Text.extract inside it and fill type param with Middle and the text param with Hello, 世界🌍! and length param with 5 and start param with 7.

Result

  1. The console on preview will show us the formatted text value Hello, 世界🌍! & 世界🌍!.

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