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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