> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xano.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Text
### Append Text
```javascript theme={null}
text.append $myText {
value = "Text to append"
}
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | This is the text to append to the text in the variable. | "Text to append" |
```javascript theme={null}
text.append $myText {
value = "Text to append"
}
```
### Prepend
```javascript theme={null}
text.prepend $myText {
value = "Text to prepend"
}
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | This is the text to append to the text in the variable. | "Text to append" |
```javascript theme={null}
text.prepend $myText {
value = "Text to prepend"
}
```
### Trim
```javascript theme={null}
text.trim $myText {
value = "Text to trim"
}
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | The text you'd like to trim. If you do not provide a value, blank space will be trimmed by default. | "Text to trim" |
```javascript theme={null}
text.trim $myText {
value = "Text to trim"
}
```
### Left Trim
```javascript theme={null}
text.ltrim $myText {
value = "Text to trim"
}
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | The text you'd like to trim. If you do not provide a value, blank space will be trimmed by default. | "Text to trim" |
```javascript theme={null}
text.ltrim $myText {
value = "Text to trim"
}
```
### Right Trim
```javascript theme={null}
text.rtrim $myText {
value = "Text to trim"
}
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | The text you'd like to trim. If you do not provide a value, blank space will be trimmed by default. | "Text to trim" |
```javascript theme={null}
text.rtrim $myText {
value = "Text to trim"
}
```
### Starts With
```javascript theme={null}
text.starts_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
This function is also available as a **case-insensitive version** as:
```javascript theme={null}
text.istarts_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | The text you'd like to search for. | "Search text" |
| \$textFound | The variable to store the result. | \$textFound |
```javascript theme={null}
text.starts_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
### Ends With
```javascript theme={null}
text.ends_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
This function is also available as a **case-insensitive version** as:
```javascript theme={null}
text.iends_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | The text you'd like to search for. | "Search text" |
| \$textFound | The variable to store the result. | \$textFound |
```javascript theme={null}
text.ends_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
### Contains
```javascript theme={null}
text.contains $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
This function is also available as a **case-insensitive version** as:
```javascript theme={null}
text.icontains $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
| Parameter | Purpose | Example |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| \$myText | This is the variable that contains the text to target | \$myText |
| value | The text you'd like to search for. | "Search text" |
| \$textFound | The variable to store the result. | \$textFound |
```javascript theme={null}
text.contains $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
***
### Starts With (Case-Insensitive)
```javascript theme={null}
text.istarts_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
Checks if the text in `$myText` starts with the given value, ignoring case. Returns `true` or `false` in `$textFound`.
### Ends With (Case-Insensitive)
```javascript theme={null}
text.iends_with $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
Checks if the text in `$myText` ends with the given value, ignoring case. Returns `true` or `false` in `$textFound`.
### Contains (Case-Insensitive)
```javascript theme={null}
text.icontains $myText {
value = "Search text"
} as $textFound
```
Checks if the text in `$myText` contains the given value, ignoring case. Returns `true` or `false` in `$textFound`.
