before_string

{{before_string text string_delimiter flags="irt"}}

Description

Returns a string which is the subset of text before string_delimiter and not including string_delimiter itself. If string_delimiter is not present in text, returns an empty string. If string_delimiter is empty, throws an exception.

Arguments

text

The input string.

string_delimiter

The boundary string.

flags

• i treat delimiter as not case-sensitive (default is case-sensitive)
• r split text at last instance of delimiter instead of the first
• t trim the final result prior to returning (remove all whitespace from beginning and end)

Examples

For the following examples, assume that email.body contains:

This is red and that is blue and that is green.

Example 1: Return text before first instance of string_delimiter

{{before_string email.body 'is' flags='t'}}

The above example will output:

This

Example 2: Return text before last instance of string_delimiter

{{before_string email.body 'is' flags='tr'}}

The above example will output:

This is red and that is blue and that