Substring0

Returns a string containing a substring of consecutive characters from another string.

Syntax

Substring0(text,startPosition,length)

Enabled for

Search/Dashboard	No
Business Rules	Yes
Quick Actions	Yes
Workflow Objects	Yes
Reports	No

Parameters

text	The text from which to extract the substring.
startPosition	The position of the first character to include in the output. The first character starts with position zero.
length	(Optional) The length of the substring.

Return Value

Text value.

Example

$(Substring0(Symptom, 21, 7))

If the Symptom field in the current business object contains the following:

Printer seems to be working fine for others. His setup for the printer is fine.

It returns the substring starting with the 20th character and continues for 7 characters. The result of this function in this example is "orking ".

See also Substring().