TalendString Routines

TalendString Routines - 7.2

Talend ESB Studio User Guide

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7.2

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Talend ESB

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Talend Studio

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Design and Development

The TalendString routines allow you to carry out various operations on alphanumerical expressions.

You can access these routines by double-clicking the TalendString node under the system routines folder in the Repository tree view. The TalendString class contains the following routines:

Routine	Description	Syntax
`replaceSpecialCharForXML`	returns a string from which the special characters (eg.:: <, >, &...) have been replaced by equivalent XML characters.	`TalendString.replaceSpecialCharForXML ("string containing the special characters - eg.: Thelma & Louise")`
`checkCDATAForXML`	identifies characters starting with `<![CDATA[` and ending with `]]>` as pertaining to XML and returns them without modification. Transforms the strings not identified as XML in a form which is compatible with XML and returns them.	`TalendString.checkCDATAForXML("string to be parsed")`
`talendTrim`	parses the entry string and removes the filler characters from the start and end of the string according to the alignment value specified: `-1` for the filler characters at the end of the string, `1` for those at the start of the string and 0 for both. Returns the trimmed string.	`TalendString.talendTrim("string to be parsed", "filler character to be removed", character position)`
`removeAccents`	removes accents from a string and returns the string without the accents.	`TalendString.removeAccents("String")`
`getAsciiRandomString`	generates a random string with a specific number of characters.	`TalendString.getAsciiRandomString(whole number indicating the length of the string)`