LeftOf (String)

Name	LeftOf
Syntax	LeftOf (String str, String lookFor)
Purpose	To search str for lookFor and, if found, to return all characters before it.
Description	If the string is found, returns all the characters to the left of the specified string. Otherwise, returns an empty string.
Return Type	String
Parameters	str [System.String] – String that will be searched and whose part will be returned lookFor [System.String] isCaseSensitive [System.Boolean]

Example

In this example, we are passing the required parameters to the function transformation object using a Variables object.

Where,

str = ABCDEFG

lookFor = e

isCaseSensitive = False

Right-click on the function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned all the characters to the left of the specified string value.