Substring - Novell POLICY IN DESIGNER 3.5 - 09-18-2009 Manual

Substring

Extracts a portion of the enclosed tokens.
Fields
Start
Specify the starting character index:
Index 0 is the first character.
Positive indexes are an offset from the start of the string.
Index -1 is the last character.
Negative indexes are an offset from the last character toward the start of the string.
For example, if the start is specified as -2, then it starts reading at the first character from the
end. If -3 is specified, then it starts 2 characters from the end.
Length
Number of characters from the start to include in the substring. Negative numbers are
interpreted as (total # of characters + length) + 1. For example, -1 represents the entire length of
the original string. If -2 is specified, the length is the entire string -1. For a string with 5
characters, a length of -1 = (5 + (-1)) + 1 = 5, -2 = (5 + (-2)) + 1 = 4, etc.
Example
This example sets the e-mail address to be name@slartybartfast.com where the name equals the first
character of the Given Name plus the Surname. The policy name is Policy: Create E-mail from
Given Name and Surname, and it is available for download at the Novell Support Web site. For
more information, see
Identity Manager
SetEmailByGivenNameAndSurname.xml
SetEmailByGivenNameAndSurname.xml).
370 Policies in Designer 3.5
"Downloading Identity Manager
3.6. To view the policy in XML, see
Policies" in
001-Command-
(../samples/001-Command-
Understanding Policies for