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Parser Business Rule
I am trying to write a parser business rule to give the portion of a string that begins with US and the 6 characters after from a data source.
For example, the imported line reads "mmmmmmmmmUSxxxxxxmmmmmmm" and I want to parse out USxxxxxx to which is mapped in the transformation rules. I also need it to be dynamic because the line will not always be in the same character place. It could also be "mmmmmUSxxxxxxmmm" or anywhere else within the text. I have tried using the rule below but it is not bringing back any values. The import is reflecting "blank."
Dim sText As String = args.Value
Dim result As String = ""
If sText.Contains("US") Then
result = sText.Substring(sText.IndexOf("US"),8)
End If
Return result
You should have a look at regular expressions. It is a little cryptic but very powerful. Microsoft provides all the information you need to parse complex strings.
4 Replies
Hi,
The code is sound so issue must be that the If statement is evaluating to False. Add a debug statement to output the value of sText to the Error Log to see the string that is being evaluated.
Regards.
SH
I would use XFContainsIgnoreCase rather than the standard VB Contains.
If sText.XFContainsIgnoreCase("US") ThenIt won't make a difference to this script as the source is already upper case but it's a good practice to get into.
Secondly I agree with SimonHesford that a debug of some sort is needed as the code looks OK. I would have an Else statement such as:
If sText.XFContainsIgnoreCase("US") Then result = sText.Substring(sText.IndexOf("US"),8) Else result = $"Text [{sText}] does not contain US" End If
ChristianWOneStream Employee
You should have a look at regular expressions. It is a little cryptic but very powerful. Microsoft provides all the information you need to parse complex strings.
Thanks everyone for your help! It is now working as expected.
