Strings cut

Transform name

Name of the transform.

In stream field

Name of the field whose substring to cut.

Out stream field

When a field name is given here, the transform creates a new field with the substring. Otherwise the original field gets replaced by the substring.

Cut from

Designate where to begin cutting the substring. This value is 0-based, thus the first character in a string is 0.

Cut to

Designate where to end cutting the substring. This value is exclusive (1-based), so using a 1 includes the first character. The maximum length of the new string is Cut to minus Cut from.

0

9

The quick

Use 0 to refer to the first character

10

19

brown fox

Use two positive indexes to get a substring from the start of the input

0

-12

the lazy dog

Use a negative index to get a substring from the end of the input

-13

-23

jumps over

Use two negative indexes to get a substring from the end of the input

20

10

(null)

When the first index is lower than the second, null is returned

10

10

(empty string)

When the two indexes are equal, an empty string (not null) is returned

20

100

jumps over the lazy dog

When the second index is greater than the input length, the returned substring extends to the end of the input

50

100

(null)

When the first index is greater than the input length, null is returned

10

-10

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

When the two indexes have different signs, the entire input is returned