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.

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