Strings

A reference document listing built-in convenience functions to support data transformation in expressions for strings.

JavaScript in expressions

You can use any JavaScript in expressions. Refer to Expressions for more information.

base64Encode(): A base64 encoded string.

Encode a string as base64.

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base64Decode(): A plain string.

Convert a base64 encoded string to a normal string.

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extractDomain(): String

Extracts a domain from a string containing a valid URL. Returns undefined if none is found.

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extractEmail(): String

Extracts an email from a string. Returns undefined if none is found.

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extractUrl(): String

Extracts a URL from a string. Returns undefined if none is found.

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extractUrlPath(): String

Extract the path but not the root domain from a URL. For example, "https://example.com/orders/1/details".extractUrlPath() returns "/orders/1/details/".

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hash(algo?: Algorithm): String

Returns a string hashed with the given algorithm.

Function parameters

algoOptionalString enum

Which hashing algorithm to use.

Default: md5

One of: md5, base64, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, sha3, ripemd160

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isDomain(): Boolean

Checks if a string is a domain.

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isEmail(): Boolean

Checks if a string is an email.

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isEmpty(): Boolean

Checks if a string is empty.

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isNotEmpty(): Boolean

Checks if a string has content.

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isNumeric(): Boolean

Checks if a string only contains digits.

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isUrl(): Boolean

Checks if a string is a valid URL.

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parseJson(): Object

Equivalent of JSON.parse(). Parses a string as a JSON object.

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quote(mark?: String): String

Returns a string wrapped in the quotation marks. Default quotation is ".

Function parameters

markOptionalString

Which quote mark style to use.

Default: "

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removeMarkdown(): String

Removes Markdown formatting from a string.

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replaceSpecialChars(): String

Replaces non-ASCII characters in a string with an ASCII representation.

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removeTags(): String

Remove tags, such as HTML or XML, from a string.

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toBoolean(): Boolean

Convert a string to a boolean. "false", "0", "", and "no" convert to false.

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toDateTime(): Date

Converts a string to a Luxon date object.

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toDecimalNumber(): Number

See toFloat

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toFloat(): Number

Converts a string to a decimal number.

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toInt(): Number

Converts a string to an integer.

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toSentenceCase(): String

Formats a string to sentence case.

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toSnakeCase(): String

Formats a string to snake case.

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toTitleCase(): String

Formats a string to title case. Will not change already uppercase letters to prevent losing information from acronyms and trademarks such as iPhone or FAANG.

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toWholeNumber(): Number

Converts a string to a whole number.

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urlDecode(entireString?: Boolean): String

Decodes a URL-encoded string. It decodes any percent-encoded characters in the input string, and replaces them with their original characters.

Function parameters

entireStringOptionalBoolean

Whether to decode characters that are part of the URI syntax (true) or not (false).

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urlEncode(entireString?: Boolean): String

Encodes a string to be used/included in a URL.

Function parameters

entireStringOptionalBoolean

Whether to encode characters that are part of the URI syntax (true) or not (false).

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