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Select Function Dialog Box

From the Select Function dialog box you can select an available Math- or String-related function to applied to the two data elements you select in the Assign Function Inputs dialog box as a part of creating your event.

Libraries and Methods

Math functions

Add: Calculates the sum of the two Function Input data values, selected as firstNumber and secondNumber, from the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

Divide: Calculates the quotient for the two data values, selected as dividend and divisor, from the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

Modulo: Calculates the remainder of a division operation of two data values, selected as dividend and divisor, from the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

Multiply: Calculates the product for two data values, selected as firstNumber and secondNumber, from the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

Subtract: Calculates the difference for two data values, selected as subtractBy and subtractFrom, from the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

String functions

Concatenate: Sequentially joins two strings, selected as firstString and secondString, from the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

Extract: Extracts a string value from within an existing string using the startPosition and endPosition for a superString, as selected using the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

Trim: Removes the leading and trailing spaces from a string, as selected using the Assign Function Inputs dialog box.

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