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String Functions

Perform string manipulation and formatting.

String FunctionDescription
ChrReturns the character associated with the specified character code.
ConcatGenerates a string concatenation of two or more expressions.
ConcatGenerates a string concatenation of two or more expressions.
ContainsDetermines if a text string or expression contains another text string or expression.
EndsWithDetermines if a text string or expression ends with another text string or expression.
EscapeJsonThe EscapeJson function replaces invalid JSON characters (backspace, form feed, newline, carriage return, tab, double quote, and backslash) in a string with their valid equivalent.
EscapeXmlThe EscapeXml function replaces invalid XML characters (ampersand, less than, greater than, quote, and apostrophe) in a string with their valid XML equivalent.
FormatThe Format function formats a numeric or date expression.
InstrThe Instr function returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another string.
IsRegexMatchDetermines if an expression matches a Regular Expression pattern.
IsWildcardMatchDetermines if an expression matches an DOS-style wildcard expression.
LeftThe Left function returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.
LenReturns the length of a string.
LengthReturns the length of a string.
MidThe Mid function returns a substring of a string.
ProperCaseThe ProperCase function returns a copy of a string with the first letter of every word capitalized and the rest of the letters in lower case.
RegexReplaceReplaces all occurrences of a Regular Expression pattern with a string.
RegexSelectReturns first match of regular expression pattern going left to right.
ReplaceThe Replace function replaces all occurrences of a substring with another string.
RightThe Right function returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the right side of a string.
StartsWithDetermines if a text string or expression starts with another text string or expression.
ToInnerXmlReturns the inner xml (does not include the outer element) for an Entity or Entity Field.
ToJsonReturns the JSON for an Entity or Entity Field.
ToLowerThe ToLower function returns a copy of a string, converted to all lower case.
ToUpperThe ToUpper function returns a copy of a string, converted to all upper case.
ToXmlReturns the xml for an Entity or Entity Field.
TrimThe Trim function returns a copy of a string with all leading and trailing spaces removed.
TrimWhitespaceThe TrimWhitespace function removes leading, trailing, and duplicate whitespace from a string.