Modify Text

UiPath.Core.Activities.ModifyText

Updates a text value using modifications including find and replace, trim, and combining (concatenating) with another text value.

Project compatibility

Windows | Windows - Legacy

Configuration

• Text to modify - Enter the text to modify.
  • In StudioX, click Plus on the right side of the field, and then indicate the text using one of the options from the menu:
    • Data from the Project Notebook, a parent Excel file or email account. For example, select an Excel file and then select a cell, or indicate a field from a selected email in Outlook.
    • Ask when run - Prompt for the text when the project is executed.
    • Paste from clipboard - Paste a value that you previously copied to the clipboard in the project.
    • Text - Enter the text in the Text Builder.
    • Use Saved Value - Select a value that you previously saved for later use in the project.
    • Open in Advanced Editor - Enter a VB expression.
  • Add modification - Select the modification to perform. You can add as many modifications as you need in the order in which you want them to be performed. A new activity is added to enable you to configure each modification:
  • Find and replace - Adds a Find and replace text activity inside Modify Text.
    • Search for / Replace with - Enter the text to search for and the text to replace it with. In StudioX, the same options are available as for Text to modify.
    • Match case - Select this option if you want to only find and replace words that match the capitalization of the text to search for.
  • Combine text - Adds a Combine text activity inside Modify Text.
    • New text to add - Enter the text to combine with the text being modified. In StudioX, the same options are available as for Text to modify.
    • Add new text to - Select whether to add the text to the left or to the right of the text to modify.
  • Trim - Adds a Trim text activity inside Modify Text.
    • Select Trim left to remove leading white spaces and/or Trim right to remove trailing white spaces from the text to modify.
  • Text to Upper/Lowercase - Adds a Text to Upper/Lowercase activity inside Modify Text.
    • Change text to - Select how to change the text to modify (all Uppercase or all Lowercase).
  • To test the modifications added so far, click Test, then enter a text and click Test to test the current modifications.
• Save result as - Save the modified text.
  • In StudioX, click Plus on the right side of the field, and then use one of the options from the menu to indicate where to save the result:
    • Save to a cell in the Project Notebook or a parent Excel file.
    • Copy to clipboard - Save the text to the clipboard, and then paste it in another activity in the project.
    • Save for Later Use - Save the text for later use in your project as input for another activity.
    • Open in Advanced Editor - Enter a VB expression.

In the Properties Panel

Options

• Display Name - The name displayed for the activity in the Designer panel.
• Text to modify - The text value to be modified.
• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

Output

• Save result as - Store the resulting string value.