String Functions

This section contains functions that enable users to handle strings.

Functions Summary

decrypt — Decrypts text using AES-256.
base64Decode — Decodes from Base64. This is useful when transferring data like retrieving images stored in a database.
base64Encode — Encodes text in Base64.
chop — Returns nmb characters from str, starting with the leftmost character.
contains — Returns true if character expression str2 is in character expression str1.
encrypt — Encrypts text using AES-256.
endsWith — Returns true if str1 ends with str2.
escapeHtml — Escapes the given html removing traces of offending characters that could be wrongfully interpreted as markup.
executeTemplate — Executes a template. All variables already defined in the script are passed to that template.
hashString — Returns a consistent hash to be used across systems.
indexOf — Returns the index of the first match of the str2 in str1 or -1 if str2 is nowhere to be found in str1.
isAlpha — Returns "true" if the provided argument str is a string containing only letters.
isAlphaNumeric — Returns "true" if the provided argument str is a string containing only letters and digits.
isDigit — Returns "true" if the provided argument str is a string containing only digits.
isLower — Returns "true" if the provided argument stris a string containing only lowercase letters.
isNumeric — Returns "true" if the provided argument stris actually a number.
isUpper — Returns "true" if the provided argument str is a string containing only upper letters.
join — Returns the string obtained by concatenating all the strings from the array using the provided delimiter.
lastIndexOf — Returns the index within a string of the last occurrence of the specified substring.
length — Returns the length of the provided string, 0 if the string is null or has no chars.
matchEnd — Returns the position where the match ends or -1 if it doesn't match.
matches — Returns "true" if character expression string matches the regular expression regex.
matchReplace — Uses a regex expression to find and replace text within a string.
matchStart — Returns the position where the match starts or -1 if it doesn't match.
matchText — Returns the text matched or empty string if it doesn't match.
renderWiki — Returns the html code for the wiki text.
replace — Replaces the search_str string with replacement_str in str and returns the resulting string.
split — Returns the array of strings computed by splitting this string around matches of the given regular expression.
startsWith — Returns "true" if str1 starts with str2.
substring — Returns substring is starting at index start and stop at index stop.
toLower — Returns the string only with lower case letters.
toUpper — Returns the string only with upper case letters.
trim — Returns a trimmed copy of the string passed as parameter with the leading and trailing whitespaces removed.
urlDecode — Decodes text from URL format. This is useful when parsing a URL address used by a REST command.
urlEncode — Encodes text in URL format.
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