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      These functions copy the information contained in a target source. They return this information as a text string which can be displayed in a message or evaluated with operators and used in personalization rules or selections.

      Function

      Description

      ​fn:escapeXml​

      Extracts text from a target and escapes characters that could be interpreted as XML markup.

      ​fn:substring​

      Returns the subset of a target string as specified by start and end indices.

      ​fn:substringAfter​

      Extracts the subset of a string following the first occurrence of a specific substring.

      ​fn:substringBefore​

      Extracts the subset of a string before the first occurrence of a specific substring.

      ​ecm:nvl​

      Returns the specified object when not a null value.

      ​ecm:extractDomain​

      Extracts the domain part of the specified email address.

      ​ecm:coalesce​

      Returns the first not null argument from a specified list of arguments.

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