[Request] Insert left/right at X position X characters

[hflatoey]

Hello :)

If it's not to much trouble that is.

Example:

String: 2022.11.23 456 xxxx | 789 xxxx

Insert left "12" "- "

New string: String: 2022.11.23 - 456 xxxx | 789 xxxx

[Steveorevo]

You can do this a number of ways; here's one by using a function node:

var data = S("2022.11.23 456 xxxx | 789 xxxx");
data = data.getLeftMost(" ").replaceAll(".", "-") + " - " + data.delLeftMost(" ");
msg.payload = data;

After which, data would be:
2022-11-23 - 456 xxxx | 789 xxxx

[hflatoey]

Thanks but I thought since the String node could do so much already this would be a nice addition for us that is not good with function code like that.

I also see I made a mistake in my example, new string should have been "2022.11.23 - 456 xxxx | 789 xxxx" and not "2022-11-23 - 456 xxxx | 789 xxxx" as I first typed.

[Steveorevo]

You could use controls in the node to perform the methods to getLeftMost and append.