Built-in Functions

Built-in Functions

This guide will help you with the following:
  1. String functions 
  2. Numeric Functions 
  3. Boolean string functions 
  4. Date Functions 
  5. Time functions 
  6. List Functions 
  7. Map Functions 
  8. XML Functions 
  9. URL Functions 
  10. Form Data Functions  
A function is a set of code, that takes a finite number of input and optionally returns a value.

String functions

Functions that operate on string expression are classified as string functions, they include functions for finding the length of a given text, remove certain words from a text etc.

In all the given functions, the original string is not changed by the functions, whereas only the return value is affected by these functions.





Note:
  1. In the above table, <string>,<string1>,<string2>, <substring> are all <string expression>
  2.  Behavior of toString()when applied to datetime value:
    1. <date/datetime>.toString() function on date/datetime will output date string in the format specified in the application setting.
    2. If you want to override it, you can use <date/datetime>.toString("date format as string"). eg. toString("dd-MM-yyyy")
    3. If you wish convert to string in different timezone, you can use <date/datetime>.toString("date format as string","<Time Zoho>"). eg. toString("dd-MM-yyyy","Asia/Calcutta")
  3. The Date and Time pattern strings are mentioned below,
    1. Date - dd
    2. Month - MM (or) MMM (or) MMMM
    3. Year - yy (or) yyyy
    4. 12 hour format - hh
    5. 24 hour format - HH
    6. minute - mm
    7. second - ss
    8. AM/PM marker - a

Numeric Functions

Functions that operate on numeric values are classified as numeric functions:
In all the given functions, the original number is not changed by the functions, whereas only the return value is affected by these functions.

Boolean string functions

These functions operate on two string expression and return a boolean expression.

Date Functions


Time functions


List Functions


Map Functions


XML Functions


URL Functions


Form Data Functions


The sample application GetFieldNames  uses the getFieldNames() and getFieldValue() functions in Form A -> on add -> on success block . The script iterates each list value (field name) and gets the value of this field. The field name and value is updated in a user variable "fieldNameVsVal" and used in the message block of the sendmail() task.

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