String Functoids Reference

 

Use String functoids to manipulate strings in standard ways.

Important

Because Microsoft BizTalk Server uses the underlying functionality of the .NET Framework, the results produced by some of the String functoids may vary from the equivalent functoids in earlier versions of BizTalk Server. For example, string lengths are counted in characters rather than in bytes, which can differ for character encodings that use more than one byte per character. In such cases, the calculated length of the string may differ from the apparent length of a displayed string. You should test your maps thoroughly to ensure that you are getting the results you expect.

For conceptual information about String functoids, see String Functoids.

The following table shows the functoids in the String category.

String functoid Description
Icon that represents the Lowercase functoid. Lowercase Converts any uppercase characters in a string to lowercase.
Icon that represents the Size functoid. Size Retrieves the length of the specified string.
Icon that represents the String Concatenate functoid. String Concatenate Concatenates the specified strings, in the order given.
Icon that represents the String Extract functoid. String Extract Extracts a substring from the specified string.
Icon that represents the String Find functoid. String Find Retrieves the starting position of a specified substring within a specified string.
Icon that represents the String Left functoid. String Left Retrieves a specified number of characters from the start of a string.
Icon that represents the String Left Trim functoid. String Left Trim Removes leading white space characters from a specified string.
Icon that represents the String Right functoid. String Right Retrieves a specified number of characters from the end of a string.
Icon that represents the String Right Trim functoid. String Right Trim Removes trailing white space characters from a specified string.
Icon that represents the Uppercase functoid. Uppercase Converts any lowercase characters in a string to uppercase.

See Also

How to Add Basic Functoids to a Map