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appCode

Usage

Section titled “Usage”

The appCode function extracts the first part of a pipe-delimited string, typically used to get application codes from formatted strings.

Syntax

Section titled “Syntax”
{input | appCode}

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”
  • input (string): A pipe-delimited string (e.g., “APP001|Application Name”)

Returns

Section titled “Returns”

The trimmed first part of the string before the pipe character

Examples

Section titled “Examples”

Basic extraction

Section titled “Basic extraction”
{"APP001|Customer Portal" | appCode}
// Returns: "APP001"

With spaces

Section titled “With spaces”
{"WEB-002 | E-commerce Platform" | appCode}
// Returns: "WEB-002"

No pipe character

Section titled “No pipe character”
{"STANDALONE" | appCode}
// Returns: "STANDALONE"

Multiple pipes

Section titled “Multiple pipes”
{"API-003|Payment Gateway|Production" | appCode}
// Returns: "API-003"

Application identifiers

Section titled “Application identifiers”
{application.full_name | appCode}
// Extracts application code from full name

System references

Section titled “System references”
{"SYS-101|Authentication Service|v2.0" | appCode}
// Returns: "SYS-101"

Use Cases

Section titled “Use Cases”
  • Extracting application identifiers from formatted strings
  • Parsing system codes from descriptive text
  • Building reference tables with codes only
  • Creating cross-references in reports
  • Filtering or grouping by application code
Section titled “Related Functions”
  • withoutAppCode - Gets everything after the pipe character
  • split - More general splitting function with customizable delimiter