PropertySubstringValve

Create a substring of a string property.

Index is zero based, where index 0 represents the first character in the string.

Begin index is inclusive, end index is exclusive.

Valve operates on the Current Item Set and will process all items surviving the common item filtering rules.

Properties

Name Description Default value Mandatory Supports property expansion
source The name of the source property. Yes Yes
dest The destination property. If not specified the resulting value will be put in source (i.e source will be replaced). No Yes
begin_index The beginning index, inclusive. Yes No
end_index The ending index, exclusive. If not specified the substring extends to the end of the source string. No No
0 1 2 3 4 5
B A N A N A
begin_index end_index result
0 "BANANA"
1 "ANANA"
5 "A"
0 5 "BANAN"
0 3 "BAN"
3 6 "ANA"

Example Configuration 

{
    "name": "PropertySubstringValve",
    "config": { 
        "source":"{{request.word}}",
        "end_index":"7",
        "begin_index":"2"
    }
}

Requirements

Item set must have at least one entry.