how to find position of character in a string

[Chandu]

How to find nth character in a string.


like find the 5th character in a "Blueprism".

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Bharath Nakkala
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[Tejaskumar_Darji · Accepted solution]

Hi you can use "Mid"  function from the expressions editor of calc stage.





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[Chandu]

Thank you for guiding me.

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Bharath Nakkala
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[Chandu]

Hey can you help me with another doubt ,

    take the decision in case your string contain alphabet "S"?

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Bharath Nakkala
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[PabloSarabia]

Hi @Chandu

For this, you need to know the char index of the search character.

You need to use the VBO "Utility - Strings"​ with the Action "InStrRev". This actions gives you the position of the search text.

If the position is greater than 0, means that the search text was found in the original text.

The structure looks like this:




Hope this helps you!!

See you in the Community, bye 🙂


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Pablo Sarabia
Solution Manager & Architect
Altamira Assets Management
Madrid
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