apply a function to 2 attributes ?

[zdingelit]

Hi,

I am newbie in Javascript Dev/vRO

I need some help to use this script.

attrib1 variable contains /Fox/Sdf/Acd/Opf/ > after formatting the output is SDF_ACD_OPF

attrib2 variable contains /Fox/Aqsz/Dre/Pqf/ > after formatting the output is AQSZ_DRE_PQF

The code works for on attribute but I want to create a function that is used on the 2 attributes and store the result in attrib1 and attrib2

How to apply the function to each attribute ?

here is my code :

 str = attrib1  function formatEntity (str) { // delete /Alpha/Dr/Oerd/ // delete Alpha/Aqs/ str = str.replace( /\/Alpha\/Dr\/Oerd\/?/gi,""); str = str.replace( /\/Alpha\/Aqs\/?/gi,"");  //replace           ----/Fox/Sdf/---- by Sdf/ str = str.replace( /\/Fox\/Sdf\//g,"Sdf/"); //replace          ----/Fox/Apcr/---- by Apcr/ str = str.replace( /\/Fox\/Apcr\//g,"Apcr/"); //replace          ----/Fox/Aqsz/---- by Aqsz/ str = str.replace( /\/Fox\/Aqsz\//g,"Aqsz/"); //replace          ----/Oxa/Abdr/---- by  Abdr/ str = str.replace( /\/Oxa\/Abdr\//g,"Abdr/"); // UpperCase the string str = str.replace( /\w/gi, function (x) {     return x.toUpperCase(); }); // delete the last  "/" str = str.replace(/\/$/g, ""); // replace remain "/" by  _ str = str.replace(/\//g, "_"); System.log(str) }

Merci !

[iiliev]

Hi,

Your function lacks the 'return' statement that will return the formatted value.

Something like the following should work:

// Original attributes
attrib1 = "/Fox/Sdf/Acd/Opf/";
attrib2 = "/Fox/Aqsz/Dre/Pqf/";
// Format and assign back
attrib1 = formatEntity(attrib1);
attrib2 = formatEntity(attrib2);
// Print formatted attributes
System.log(attrib1);
System.log(attrib2);
function formatEntity (str) { 
  // Your original function code goes here...
  // ...
  // At the end, return the formatted result as computed by your function
  return str;
}

[zdingelit]

Woow thank you very much for your reactivity !

is it possible to store all the regex part in a resource element and call it ?

Thanks again !!!!

[iiliev]

The right approach is to store the formatEntity function as a vRO scripting action (not as resource element), which will make it available to be called by other scripting actions / workflows.

[zdingelit]

I think it will simplify regex modification!

[zdingelit]

Thank you very much ! I will try the solution.

[iiliev]

Sure, you can extrnalize the regular expression and store it in resource element (or configuration element). But be aware that:

• reading the value stored in the resource or configuration element require some script code to be written
• once you fetch the stored regular expression, you won't be able to use it using the same in-place syntax as before. Instead, you should use it together with the RegExp class