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insert

Inserts a substring in a string after a specified character position. If position = 0, prefixes the substring to the string.

insert(substring, String, position)
returns string

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description
substring string Yes   A string to insert
String string Yes   A string, which to insert substring
position numeric Yes   Substring add after this position value in given string

Simple insert function example

To add substring on prefix of the given string

someString = ' chrome browser';
result = insert('Google', someString, 0);
writeOutput(result);

Expected Result: Google chrome browser

Simple insert function example with position

To add substring on suffix of the given string

someString = 'New private mozilla fire';
length = len(someString);
writeOutput(insert('fox', someString, length));

Expected Result: New private mozilla firefox