2022.2

Methods
Thefollowingtableliststhemethodsofthedataobject.
Method Description Script type File
type
"extract()"below Extractsthetextvaluefromarectangularregion. Extract,Condition,Repeat,andAction
steps
All
"extractByIndex(index,
rowOffset)"onpage383
Extractsthevaluefromthespecifiedcolumnand
row.
Extract,Condition,Repeat,andAction
steps
CSV/
XLSX/
XLS
"extractMeta()"on
page384
Extractsthevalueofametadatafield. Extract,Condition,Repeat,andAction
steps
All
"fieldExists()"onpage384 Methodthatreturnstrueifthespecifiedmetadata
field,columnornodeexists.
Boundaries
Preprocessor,Extract,Condition,Repeat,
Action,andPostprocessorsteps
All
"fieldExistsByIndex
(index)"onpage385
Methodthatreturnstrueifthecolumn,specified
byindex,exists.
Boundaries
Preprocessor,Extract,Condition,Repeat,
Action,andPostprocessorsteps
CSV/
XLSX/
XLS
"find()"onpage386 Findsthefirstoccurrenceofastringstartingfrom
thecurrentposition.
Boundaries
Preprocessor,Extract,Condition,Repeat,
Action,andPostprocessorsteps
All
"findRegExp()"on
page387
Findsthefirstmatchforaregularexpressionpat-
ternstartingfromthecurrentposition.
Extract,Condition,Repeat,MultipleCondi-
tionsandActionsteps
Text,PDF
extract()
Extractsthetextvaluefromselecteddata:anodepath,column,orrectangularregion,dependingon
thetypeofdatasource.
ThismethodalwaysreturnsaString.
extract(left, right, verticalOffset, regionHeight, separator)
Extractsavaluefromapositioninatextfile.Coordinatesareexpressedascharacters(horizontally)or
lines(vertically).
left
Numberthatrepresentsthedistance,measuredincharacters,fromtheleftedgeofthepagetotheleft
edgeoftherectangularregion.Theleftmostcharacterischaracter1.
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