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Defining Object values
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Preprocessor:
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IntheStep propertiespane,underProperties,addorselectafield.
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SpecifytheTypeasObjectandsetadefaultvalueasasemi-colon.
String
Stringscontaintextualdata.Stringsdonothaveanyspecificmeaning,whichistosaythattheircon-
tentsareneverinterpretedinanyway.
Defining String values
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Preprocessor:
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IntheStep propertiespane,underProperties,addorselectafield.
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SpecifytheTypeasStringandsetadefaultvalueasanytextbetweenquotes,followedby
asemicolon.
Example"This is my text";
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Extraction:Thefieldvaluewillbeextractedandtreatedasastring.
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IntheData Model,selectafield.
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OntheStep propertiespane,underField DefinitionsettheTypetoString.
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JavaScript Expression:Setthedesiredvaluetoanystringbetweenquotes.
Example:record.fields["countryOfOrigin"] = "Canada";
Building String values
Stringvaluescanbemadeupofmorethanjustaseriesofcharactersbetweenquotes.Hereareafew
tipsandtrickstobuildstrings:
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Bothsingleanddoublequotescanbeusedtosurroundstringsandtheywillactinpreciselythe
samemanner.So,"thisisastring"and'thisisastring'meanthesamething.However,it'suseful
tohavebothinordertoremovetheneedforescapingcharacters.Forinstance,"I'mfine!"works,
but'I'mfine!'doesnotsinceonly'I'isproperlyinterpreted.'I\'mfine!'works(escapingthe'witha
\).
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Itispossibletoputmorethanonestring,aswellasvariablescontainingstrings,bycon-
catenatingthemwiththe+operator.Forexample,"Hello " + sourceRe-
cord.property.FirstName + ", nice to meet you!".
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Addingmoredatatoanexistingstringvariableorfieldispossibleusingacombinationofcon-
catenationandassignment.Forexample,afterthestatementsvar myVar = "Is this the
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