Can I use a regular expression in a field transform map script?

[HugoFirst]

I'm trying to use a regex in a field transfor map script to remove HTML markup from a value being imported.

I'm thinking regular expressions aren't supported in this context, but I don't see an error in the logs and I see NO effect on the value when I use a regex.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Here's my script, complete with my trial and errors:

answer = (function transformEntry(source) {
           var tagged_text = source.u_sanesystemdescription.toString();
             log.info("xform tagged text=" + tagged_text + ", starting");
               var textonly = "abc";                                                                                                                               // this works
//           var textonly = tagged_text.replaceAll("^", "abc");                                       // broke
//           var textonly = tagged_text.replaceAll("^(.)", "abc");                                 // broke
//             var textonly = tagged_text.replaceAll("/<[^>]*>/ig", " ");                   // broke
//             var textonly = tagged_text.repalceAll('<.*?>', " ");                                   // broke
             log.info("xform tagged text=" + tagged_text + " complete. New value=" + textonly );
             return textonly; // return the value to be put into the target field
})(source);

[Chuck Tomasi · Accepted solution]

Hi Steve,

Have you tried using replace() instead of replaceAll()? Watch the quote too! If you are using slash notation, you don't need quotes.

var textonly = tagged_text.replace(/<[^>]*>/ig, " ");

Give that a try.

[HugoFirst]

Ding ding ding ding!

As usual, your advice was spot on Chuck!

In fact, it was better advice than I get on StackOverflow ( which didn't work! )

Thank you!

[Chuck Tomasi]

Thanks. Glad it works. I don't beat StackOverflow too often.