Client script to restrict spaces - leading/trailing/intext

[Brendan Hallida]

Hi all,

I have a client script running on a variable that has the following requirements:

1. trim leading and trailing whitespace
2. change spaces in the text to _ (underscore)

var regex = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$");

var mailboxName = g_form.getValue('u_new_shared_mailbox_name');

if(!regex.test(newValue)){
 console.log('if statement working for ' + mailboxName);
//setting values
g_form.setValue('u_new_shared_mailbox_name', mailboxName.toString().replace(/\s/g, '_').trim());

The above works, except if I test with the leading / trailing whitespace only.  If I test with whitespace leading / trailing and a space between it all works perfectly.  Makes me think its an issue with the regex?

Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance!

[Brent Sutton]

Hi Brendan,

Why don't you just trim the mailboxName before you perform the whitespace to underscore replacement?

var regex = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$");

var mailboxName = g_form.getValue('u_new_shared_mailbox_name'); //getValue returns string

if(!regex.test(newValue)){
 console.log('if statement working for ' + mailboxName);
//setting values
mailboxName = mailboxName.trim(); //trim any leading or trailing whitespace
g_form.setValue('u_new_shared_mailbox_name', mailboxName.replace(/\s/g, '_'));

Let me know if this worked for you

Brent

P.S. If my suggestion helped then please mark as helpful and/or correct so other community members can benefit from this information.

[Brendan Hallida]

Hi Brent,

Thanks for your reply! That has the same result actually.  When I only have leading / trailing spaces the if statement does not work.  Nothing is writing to the log.

[Brent Sutton · Accepted solution]

Hi Brendan,

I've changed the logic slightly, I'm now just checking if the email contains whitespace. Try the following in your client script:

var mailboxName = g_form.getValue('u_new_shared_mailbox_name'); //getValue returns string

	if(/\s/.test(mailboxName)){ //regex test for whitespace in mailbox name
		console.log('if statement working for ' + mailboxName);
		//setting values
		g_form.setValue('u_new_shared_mailbox_name', mailboxName.trim().replace(/\s/g, '_'));
	}

It works fine in my developer instance so let me know how you get along.

Brent

P.S. If my suggestion helped then please mark as helpful and/or correct so other community members can benefit from this information.

[Brendan Hallida]

Hi Brent,

Sorry for the delay in response, I had an extra long weekend with Australia Day.

Your code did work so I will mark it as correct, however, I found if I submit the catalog item with leading / trailing whitespace it is trimmed automatically!

Brendan