base » substringBefore(text,delim,saveVar)

Description

This command save the portion of text that is before delim to a variable denoted as saveVar.

Note that:

• delim must be specified. To denote space, use either the space character or (blank).
• If delim is not found, then saveVar is set to text. IOW, the entire content of text is saved under the variable named saveVar. 
• Only the first occurrence of delim is considered.

Parameters

• text - the text where the substring operation is to be performed. Variable expansion is supported via the  ${...} syntax.
• delim - the delimiter to use fore extract from text. Only first occurrence is considered.
• saveVar - the variable to use for saving the result of the substring operation. If delim is not found in  text, then saveVar will be saved as text.

Example

Script:

… and the output as follows:

See Also

• substringAfter(text,delim,saveVar)
• substringBetween(text,start,end,saveVar)
• saveMatches(text,regex,saveVar)
• saveReplace(text,regex,replace,resultVar)
• appendText(var,appendWith)
• prependText(var,prependWith)