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strBefore(text,toFind,origIfNotFound)¶

Definition¶

String strBefore(String text, String toFind, Boolean origIfNotFound)

Description¶

Returns the portion of a string before the first occurence of a delimiter. If the delimiter is not found, then return either the original string or null depending on origIfNotFound param.

Parameter Definition¶

Name	Type	Description
text	String	The base string to get a substring from
toFind	String	the delimiter to find
origIfNotFound	Boolean	If the toFind parameter doesn't exist in the text: then return text if true or null if false

Examples¶

String r1 = strBefore("What now"," ",true); // r1 == What
String r2 = strBefore("what,now"," ",true); // r2 == what,now
Object r3 = strBefore("what,now"," ",false); // r3 == null
Object r4 = strBefore("what,now",null,false); // r4 == null
String r5 = strBefore("what,now",null,true); // r5 == what,now
Object r6 = strBefore(null," ",false); // r6 == null
String r7 = strBefore("An example,of, multiple, delims",", ",true); // r7 == An example,of