Get Sub String
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Avo Assure - User Guide v24.2
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The Get Sub String Action in the Avo Assure is found under the @Generic Element. This action in Avo Assure tells the client to extract a specific portion of a string based on a specified index or range, then it saves the result in an output variable.
Input: <string>;< index OR range>
String: It refers to a sequence of characters (letters, numbers, symbols) treated as text.
Index OR Range: The position from where user must get the string of actual output.
Note: For the above syntax if it declared as
Index: It will extract all the remaining string from specific declared index up to last index.
Range: A range that starts from the first character of the string and approaches the end will exclude the last item. To capture the required string, add an extra (total range+1) index to the range
Output: <Dynamic Variable>
Note: Input index should start from “0” till “n”
To fetch the input for Index value:
To fetch the input for Range value:
As in the above example have a system that generates usernames with a prefix and a number (e.g., “EMP114223”). Users want to test extracting the number part of the username for validation.
Input: Username is “EMP114223”.
To fetch the extracted value, the following input is required.
1. EMP114223;3 (for index),
2.EMP114223;3-9 (for range)
Expected Result: The extracted value is “114223”, and it can now be validated (e.g., check if it has 6 digits)
Output: The result of the substring is stored in the {result} output variable as 114223, which can be utilized for display or further use.