VB.Net String Functions in UiPath RPA

String.Concat
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Concatenates one or more instances of string or string representation of objects.

Expression: String.Concat (VarName1, VarName2)

Output datatype: String

Contains
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Checks whether a specified substring occurs within a string and returns either true or false.

Expression: VarName.Contains (“text”)

Output datatype: Boolean

String.Format
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Converts the value of objects to strings and inserts them into another string.

Expression: String.Format(“{0} is {1}”, VarName1, VarName2)

Output datatype: String

IndexOf
–
Returns the index position of the first occurrence of a specified character or a substring.

Expression: VarName1.IndexOf(“a”)

Output datatype: Int32

LastIndexOf
–
Returns the index position of the last occurrence of a specified character or a substring.

Expression: VarName1.LastIndexOf("author")

Output datatype: Int32

String.Join
–
Concatenates the elements in a collection using the specified separator and displays them as a String.

Expression: String.Join(“|”, CollVarName1)

Output datatype: String

Replace
–
Replaces all the occurrences of a substring in a string.

Expression: VarName.Replace (“original”, “replaced”)

Output datatype: String

Split
–
Splits a string into substrings using the specified separator.

Expression: VarName.Split(“|“c)(index)

Output datatype: Array of String

Substring
–
Extracts a substring from a string using the starting index and the length.

Expression: VarName1.Substring(startIndex, length)

Output datatype: String

Source: UiPath Academy