TiKiLa Data & String Manipulation
An overview of the data and string manipulations you can perform with TiKiLa
TiKiLa Data & String Manipulation Functions
cast(item_1, type)
This function lets you cast an item to a different type. Valid types are: string, integer, float
Example: cast(”12345”, “integer”) —> 12345
concat(string_1, string_2)
This function allows you to concatenate two strings together.
Example:
concat("hello", "world") —> helloworld | concat(”account_”,”id) —> account_id
dump(string)
This function simply inserts a string.
Example:
dump(”hello_world”) —> hello_world
joinStrings([”string_1”, “string_2”, … “string_n”] , ”delimiter”)
This function allows you to join multiple strings together using a specified delimiter.
Example:
joinStrings([“hello”, “world”], “ ”) —> hello world | joinStrings([“apple”, “banana”, “orange”], “-”) —> apple-banana-orange
splitString(”this,text,is,separated,by,commas” , “,”)
This function allows you to split a string into an array of substrings based on a specified delimiter.
Example:
splitString(“this,text,is,separated,by,commas”, “,”) —> [“this”, “text”, “is”, “separated”, “by”, “commas”]
mapToObject([object_1, object_2, … object_n], “pointer”)
This function takes a list of objects and maps them to an object with each key being the list of objects designated pointer.
Example:
Let’s say you have a list of objects, i.e. like this:
{
"campaigns": [
{
"id": "abc",
"spend": 2000
},
{
"id": "def",
"spend": 1785
},
{
"id": "ezr",
"spend": 7238
},
{
"id": "ejo",
"spend": 1230
}
]
}Now if instead of this list, you want an object where you can reference each of the campaigns by a key of their id, we can use the mapToObject function:
mapToObject(inputData(”/campaigns”),”id”)
This will result in:
{
"campaigns": {
"abc": {
"id": "abc",
"spend": 2000
},
"def": {
"id": "def",
"spend": 1785
},
"ezr": {
"id": "ezr",
"spend": 7238
},
"ejo": {
"id": "ejo",
"spend": 1230
}
}
}Video Example
Last updated on September 5, 2023