Understanding string manipulation
Strings are one of the most commonly used data types in any automation solution. A string data type refers to a series of text values that we frequently use to extract, display, process, and send data between multiple applications for further processing. String operations help perform business scenarios such as sending out emails for users, extracting a portion of text from a larger text, and so on.
UiPath uses string manipulation methods in Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) or C#, depending on the language you choose to use in UiPath Studio. In this chapter, we will use the methods in VB.NET. The following sections describe some of the commonly used string manipulation methods in UiPath.
Concat function
The Concat function enables the user to concatenate two or more string representations into one string representation. The Concat function is capable of concatenating up to four string objects at a time. The following code snippet shows the expression...