command to string search?

[sherimc]

Hello,

I am wanting to use the #fileDescription to name procedures in my MVC template; however, I need the ability to "scan" and "replace" unnecessary characters. Is there a way to do this that I am not aware of currently?

For example, our file description looks like this: SO-Shipments-Header Level Tax Info

I want to squeeze out the hyphens and spaces.

Thanks,
Sheri McPherson

[matt.denninghoff]

Yes, there is a relatively new template directive, #eval, which allows you to use javascript in the pre-processing phase. So if you were to use the JavaScript replace function, then you can remove spaces and dashes with this:

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#eval("#fileDescription".replace(/[- ]/g,""))

Then the resulting file description would be: SOShipmentsHeaderLevelTaxInfo

The form of replace above uses a Regular Expression with the "global" flag, to match and replace all instances of either "-" or " ". #eval came out with Profound UI version 5.7.0.

[sherimc]

Matt,

Thank you very much for letting me know! I have very limited experience with JavaScript am a RPG programmer trying to use Jumpstart. Your help is greatly appreciated.