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SubstringExtractor

Extracts a substring from the source attribute. The substring is taken from the range of characters specified.

Parameters

Examples

  • To trim off the first character only, and extract the rest of the source string, use a start of 1 and an end of -1.
  • To trim off the last character only, and extract the rest of the source string, use a start of 0 and an end of -2.
  • To extract the second and third characters in the string, use a start of 1 and an end of 2.
  • To trim off a single character only, use a start of 4 and an end of 4.
  • If you want to split the four first characters of the string ABCDE, use four SubstringExtractor transformers and set their respective properties as follows:

0,0

1,1

2,2

3,3

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