This will explore the use and usefulness of the BigFix Tuple String Items Inspector.
Consider this string with 4 elements within it:
"0, one, 2, three"
With the Tuple String Items inspector, we can get any of them by their “index”:
Q: tuple string items 1 of "0, one, 2, three"
A: one
Notice that the first item is at index 0 while the “second” is at 1
Now consider this “Tuple” which contains strings, integers, and booleans:
Q: (0,"one",2,"three", FALSE)
A: 0, one, 2, three, False
T: 0.078 ms
I: singular ( integer, string, integer, string, boolean )
If it is cast as a string, we end up with a “Tuple String” much like in the first example above:
Q: (it as string) of (0,"one",2,"three", FALSE)
A: 0, one, 2, three, False
T: 0.088 ms
I: singular string
And now we could use the “Tuple String Items” inspector on it:
Q: tuple string items 0 of (it as string) of (0,"one",2,"three", FALSE)
A: 0
T: 0.084 ms
I: plural string
If “Tuple String Items” is used without specifying an “index” then it will just break up the Tuple String into a plural result, which can be a useful thing to do sometimes:
Q: tuple string items of (it as string) of (0,"one",2,"three", FALSE)
A: 0
A: one
A: 2
A: three
A: False
T: 0.112 ms
I: plural string
Q: ("zero";"one";"2";"three")
A: zero
A: one
A: 2
A: three
T: 0.029 ms
I: plural string
Q: number of ("zero";"one";"2";"three")
A: 4
T: 0.039 ms
I: singular integer
Q: concatenations ", " of ("zero";"one";"2";"three, ?")
A: zero, one, 2, three, ?
T: 0.105 ms
I: plural string
Q: tuple string items 1 of concatenations ", " of ("0";"one";"2";"three")
A: one
T: 0.110 ms
I: plural string
Q: tuple string items of concatenations ", " of ("zero";"one";"2";"three, ?")
A: zero
A: one
A: 2
A: three
A: ?
T: 0.115 ms
I: plural string
Q: number of tuple string items of concatenations ", " of ("zero";"one";"2";"three, ?")
A: 5
T: 0.160 ms
I: singular integer