Convert the input string from base64 encoding

Convert the input string or file to base64 encoding

Convert input string to HTML-encoded equivalent

Join strings together using an optional separator to form a single string.

This action is helpful when you want to generate messages, file paths, etc., based off of results from several steps.

As an example, suppose you would like to generate a file path of the form:

`${bucketName}://${customerName}/items/${itemNumber}.txt`

Where `bucketName` and `customerName` are config variables, and `itemNumber` is an output from a previous step.
You can reference the config variables, and step output, and place string literals (`://`, etc) between them:

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:::note Consider expression inputs
String concatenation can be done from within an input using [template inputs](integrations/low-code-integration-designer/passing-data-between-steps.mdx#template-inputs)
:::


Join strings together with a newline character

The Join Lines action is used to join strings together with one or multiple newline characters. This action is particularly useful when you need to combine multiple lines of text into a single text block with line breaks.

As an example, suppose you're building an integration workflow for a data export task. You have a list of data records, and you want to format these records into a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) string for easy export. Each data record is represented as a string, and you need to concatenate them with commas as column separators and newline characters as row separators.

`["John,Doe,30","Alice,Smith,25","Bob,Johnson,35"]`

Now, you want to create a CSV string from these data records. You use the "Join Lines" action as follows:

Use the Strings input to add the lines. Example: John,Doe,30.
Use the Newline type input to set the type of newline to use, LF for Unix systems or CRLF for Windows systems.
Use the Number of newlines to add the number of newlines between each line of strings.

Example output using 1 newline:

John,Doe,30\
Alice,Smith,25\
Bob,Johnson,35


Match a string against a regular expression

This action applies the Javascript [match](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/match) method to the text you input with a regex **global** flag.

For example, if you enter `The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. It barked.` as your text input, and `[A-Z]` as your regular expression, this action will return the list `["T","I"]`.


Find and replace all instances of one substring with another

This action uses the JavaScript [replace](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace) method and a regex **global** flag to replace all instances of **find** with **replace**.
**Find** can be a regular expression or a string.


Find and replace all instances of multiple substrings with another

This action uses the JavaScript [slice](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/slice) method to extract substrings from a string.


Split a string into a list of strings on a separator character

This action is useful to split a string into a list of strings.
For example, given a string `/usr/local/lib/python3` and separator `/`, this action produces `["usr","local","lib","python3"]`.


Split a block of text on newline characters (\n)

Remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string

This action will remove leading and trailing whitespace, converting something like `" This is a test! "` to `"This is a test!"`.


Perform common operations on strings and arrays of strings

The **text manipulation** component allows you to perform common operations on some text.
For example, you can join two or more text strings together with the **join** action, find text with the **match** action, replace strings with other strings within a piece of text with the **replace** function, and more.


Action Name	Action Description
Join	Join strings together using an optional separator to form a single string.
Lower Case	Convert the input string to lower case
Match Regex	Match a string against a regular expression
Find & Replace	Find and replace all instances of one substring with another
Find & Replace Multiple Substrings	Find and replace all instances of multiple substrings with another
Extract Substring	Extract a substring from a string
Split String	Split a string into a list of strings on a separator character
Remove Whitespace	Remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string
Upper Case	Convert the input string to UPPER CASE
Encode Base64	Convert the input string or file to base64 encoding
Decode Base64	Convert the input string from base64 encoding
HTML Encode	Convert input string to HTML-encoded equivalent
HTML Decode	Decode HTML-encoded input string
Split Lines	Split a block of text on newline characters (\n)
Join Lines	Join strings together with a newline character

Text Manipulation Component

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