Using Find action of String package

Use the Find action to find a substring within the specified string.

This action also enables you to perform a search based on a regular expression. A regular expression is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. For example, to find all email addresses in the source string, specify the following as a regular expression: \b[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}\b.

Note: To search for strings that contain the dollar sign ($), you must enter the sign twice. Otherwise, the bot interprets the dollar sign as a regular expression character.

Procedure

To find a substring from the specified string, follow these steps:

In the Actions palette, double-click or drag the Find action from the String package.
In the Source string field, specify the source string.
In the Find string field, specify the substring.
In the When finding field, select one of the options:
- Match case: Matches the case of the text.
- Do not match case: Does not match the case of the text.
In the The "find string" is field, select one of the options:
- A regular expression: The substring is a regular expression
- Not a regular expression: The substring is not a regular expression.
Optional: In the Start from field, specify the starting point.
For example, you want to replace Red in the source string with Blue in a paragraph. Red is in 10 instances in the paragraph and you want to replace only the third occurrence. Enter 3 in the Start from field to identify the third occurrence.
In the Assign the output to variable list, specify the number variable.
Click Save.

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