String

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Nodes in this category edit, combine, split, and search strings of text.

Nodes

NodeDetailsPossible Types
L-System

Grows a string by rewriting all of its symbols at once with the rules, once per generation, for drawing with the Turtle Path node.

Since every symbol with a rule is replaced in each generation, patterns repeat inside themselves at ever finer scales, like the branching of plants or the folds of fractal curves.

String → String
String[] → String[]
Lorem Ipsum

Generates Lorem Ipsum placeholder text of a desired length. The classic "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…" intro may be included up to its full four-sentence (or one-paragraph) length, or used in part or not at all, after which the randomized Latin-like text continues producing paragraphs until the requested length is reached.

 → String
→ String[]
String Capitalization

Converts a string's capitalization style to another of the common upper and lower case patterns, optionally joining words with a chosen separator.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Concatenate

Joins two strings together.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Contains

Checks whether the string contains the given substring. Optionally restricts the match to only the start and/or end of the string.

String → Bool
String[] → Bool[]
String Escape

Converts between literal escape sequences and their corresponding control characters within a string.

Unescape: \n (newline), \r (carriage return), \t (tab), \0 (null), and \\ (backslash) are converted into the actual special characters.

Escape: the actual special characters are converted back into their escape sequence representations.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Find Index

Similar to the String Contains node, this searches within the input string for the first (or last) occurrence of a substring and returns the index of where that begins, or -1 if not found.

String → Number
String[] → Number[]
String Join

Joins a list of strings together with a separator between each pair. This is the inverse of the String Split node.

For example, joining ["a", "b", "c"] with separator ", " produces "a, b, c".

String[] → String
String Length

Counts the number of characters in a string.

String → Number
String[] → Number[]
String Map

Iterates over a list of strings, evaluating the mapped operation for each one. Use the Read String node to access the current string inside the loop.

String[] → String[]
String Occurrences

Counts the number of occurrences of a substring within the string.

String → Number
String[] → Number[]
String Pad

Pads the string to a target length by filling with the given repeated substring. If the string already meets or exceeds the target length, it is returned unchanged.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Repeat

Repeats the string a given number of times, optionally with a separator between each repetition.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Replace

Replaces all occurrences of "From" with "To" in the input string.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Reverse

Reverses the sequence of characters making up the string so it reads back-to-front. ("Backwards text" becomes "txet sdrawkcaB".)

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Slice

Extracts a substring from the input string, starting at "Start" and ending before "End".

Negative indices count from the end of the string. If the index of "Start" equals or exceeds "End", the result is an empty string.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Split

Splits a string into a list of substrings based on the specified delimiter. This is the inverse of the String Join node.

For example, splitting "a, b, c" with delimiter ", " produces ["a", "b", "c"].

String → String[]
String[] → String[]
String Trim

Removes leading and/or trailing whitespace from a string. Common whitespace characters include spaces, tabs, and newlines.

String → String
String[] → String[]
String Truncate

Clips the string to a maximum character length, optionally appending a suffix (like "…") when truncation occurs. Strings already within the limit are not modified.

String → String
String[] → String[]
Turtle Path

Draws paths by following a string of turtle commands, like the ones an L-System grows. F and G move forward a step while drawing, f and g move without drawing, + and - turn left and right, `

turns around, and[and]begin and end a branch.</p><p></p><p>A number in parentheses gives one command its own amount, likeF(25)or+(30), and a second number on ForGis the width it draws to, likeF(25, 3).</p><p></p><p>Handhgo half a step, drawing or not."and_multiply and divide the step from then on, as;and@do the angle and!and?the width.~turns a random amount, andTbends the heading toward the ground.'and# count up two numbers, U and V, for coloring or anything else downstream.</p><p></p><p>{begins a filled shape,.adds an anchor where the turtle stands, and}closes it. Outside a shape,.places a point on no path instead, for **Vector to Points** and **Transform** to copy shapes onto. Its kind is 1, or a number like.(2)` gives another, so different shapes can go to different points.

Each point records its branch depth, distance traveled, heading, width, step length, UV, and kind as attributes. Drawn points have a kind of 0.

Text to Vector Glyphs L-System