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Methods and properties
The following table lists the methods and properties of the steps object. These are available in
Extract, Condition, Repeat, and Action steps, depending on the file type.
Method Description File type
currentPosition Returns the current position of the pointer in the data.
Depending on the type of data being processed, the
return value may be a string (e.g. XPath value in
XML), an integer (e.g. line numbers in text ot tabular
data), or a measure in millimeters(e.g. PDF data).
All
currentLoopCounter An integer value representing the current iteration of
the containing loop. When loops are nested, you
have access to the iteration for the current loop but
not to any of the parent loops. Note: This variable is
a counter so it starts at 1 as opposed to an index
which usually starts at 0.
All
"currentPage" on the
next page
Returns an integer value representing the current
page where the current position is located, inside the
current record.
Text,
PDF
currentPageHeight The height of the current page in millimeters. PDF
currentPageWidth The width of the current page in millimeters. PDF
lines An integer value representing the number of lines in
the current record of data.
CSV,
TEXT
"moveTo()" on
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Moves the pointer in the source data file to another
position.
All
"moveToNext()" on
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Moves the position of the pointer in the source data
file to the next line, row or node. The behavior and
arguments are different for each emulation type: text,
All
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