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padEnd

Task Purpose The padEnd task is used to pad the end of a string with another string (repeated, if needed) so that the resulting string reaches a specified length. The padding is applied from the right end of the given string. Potential Use Cas...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

padStart

Task Purpose The padStart task is used to pad a current string with a specified string (repeated, if needed) so that the resulting string reaches a given length. The padding is applied at the start of the current string. Potential Use Case S...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

parse (string)

Task Purpose The parse task is used to parse a JSON string (written in JSON format) and return a JavaScript (JS) object. If a malformed JSON string is passed, an exception is thrown. This task is very useful when dealing with JSON-formatted cont...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

parseint (number)

Task Purpose The parseInt task parses a string value and returns an integer (number) value using the decimal number system as a mathematical base. Only the first number in the string is returned. If the string argument is not a string, then it i...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

pop (array)

Task Purpose The pop (array) task is used to remove the last element of an array and then return the removed element. This task decreases the length of the array by 1. If the array is empty, then the output returns undefined. The results of th...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

popFromArray

Task Purpose The pop task removes the last item from a non-empty job array variable and returns the removed item with a success finish state. It returns a failure finish state if the the job array variable has no elements. Properties &nbs...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

push (array)

Task Purpose The push (array) task is used to add an element to the end of an array. It dynamically appends the array upon which it is invoked and returns the new array. Potential Use Case For an upcoming network fiber roll out, you need to ...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

pushToArray

Task Purpose The push To Array task adds an item to the end of a job array variable. Properties Example Assume a job variable named fruits with value ["apple","banana","orange"] and you want to add pear as a fourth element in the ...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

query

Task Purpose The query task is used to extract data out of object variables and then reshape that data for an existing task. Potential Use Case If you have data that does not fit a recognized parameter in an existing task, the query task c...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

repeat

Task Purpose The repeat task is used to copy a string a specified number of times. A new string is constructed from the original string containing the specified number of copies concatenated together. Potential Use Case Suppose you have a na...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

restCall

Task Purpose The restCall task is an extremely powerful and flexible task for obtaining and posting data to and from external API data sources. If a specialized adapter is not available, then restCall will likely be the first task you will con...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

reverse

Task Purpose The reverse task is used to reverse the order of the elements in an array. The first array element becomes the last, and the last array element becomes the first. Potential Use Case Suppose you have a dataset and you want to vie...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

search (string)

Task Purpose The search task takes a regular expression (RegExp) and a string and searches for that RegExp within the string. A RegExp can contain both special and ordinary characters. The task returns an index (number) to indicate the positio...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

setObjectKey

Task Purpose The setObjectKey task allows you to set a property with a value. You can access the property through its path , which is an array. The path identifies the array to change/process (modify). This task modifies an object. The basi...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

shift (array)

Task Purpose The shift (array) task is used to remove the first element from an array and return the original array minus the removed element. This task also changes the length of the array by shortening the array by one element and moving every...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

slice (array)

Task Purpose The slice (array) task extracts a section of an array and returns a new array that contains a portion of the original (source) array. Of note, the task does not change the source array; the original remains unchanged. Potential Us...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025

slice (string)

Task Purpose Similar to the substring task, the string slice task extracts part of a provided string and returns the extracted part in a new string. The part of the string you want to extract is specified between the start and end indexes, or ...
Updated on : 10 Feb 2025
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