Action Edit Text

Transforms, extracts, or converts text and stores the result in a variable.

Inputs: 1 · Outputs: Then

Settings

Setting	Type	Required	Default	Description
Result Variable Name	String	Yes	—	Variable where the modified text is saved.
Operation	Select	Yes	Trim Whitespace	Text operation to perform.
Text	String	Yes	—	Input text or placeholder to operate on.
Extract Type	Select	Yes (Extract)	Characters	Extract by characters, words, before match/index, or after match/index.
Delete Type	Select	Yes (Delete)	Characters	Delete by character index/range or word index/range.
Match Text	String	No	—	Optional match text for extraction instead of a numeric start index.
Index	String	No	—	Zero-based index used by delete/extract operations.
Index 2 / Length	String	No	—	End index or character count, depending on operation.
Old Text	String	Yes (Replace)	—	Text to search for.
New Text	String	No	—	Replacement text.
Regex Pattern	String	Yes (Regex)	—	Regular expression pattern used by regex operations.
Delimiter	String	Yes (Split)	,	Delimiter used to split text into an array.
Prepend Text	String	No	—	Text added before the input.
Append Text	String	No	—	Text added after the input.
Case Type	Select	Yes (Change Case)	Uppercase	Converts text to uppercase, lowercase, or title case.
Convert To	Select	Yes (Convert)	Number	Converts the input to a number or a text string.
Match Case	Boolean	No	true	Whether replace/regex matching is case-sensitive.
Replace All Matches	Boolean	No	true	Replace every match instead of only the first match.

Operations

Operation	What It Does
trim	Removes leading and trailing whitespace.
length	Stores the character count.
delete	Deletes characters or words at the selected index/range.
extract	Extracts characters, words, text before a point, or text after a point.
replace	Replaces old text with new text.
regex	Matches or replaces using a regular expression.
split	Stores an array split by the delimiter.
add_affix	Prepends and/or appends text.
case	Changes the text case.
convert	Converts to a number or text string.

Example

Store a lowercase version of the first command argument:

1. Text: %command.arg[1]%
2. Operation: Change Case
3. Case Type: Lowercase
4. Result Variable Name: argument.normalized