Comparison of Default Text against String Input Field

KScoble
Tera Expert

Hi all,

I have recently been playing around with some solutions on a sim on how to compare a users 
input text in a record, to see if the text entered is the same as or similar to the default text normally

auto-filled in the field. and was wondering on some ideas on how to approach this?

For Example:
String Field Default Text: 
"Please fill out the following:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:"

But say the user enters a few symbols or enters a space:

" Please fill out the following
Step 1: 
Step 2: $$
Step 3:"

I was wondering would predictive intelligence be able to tell me how similar the entered text is compared to the default value? for example: "Text is 95% Similar"?

Would love to hear some others thoughts on checking default text when a user can do small input amounts to bypass easy checks such as: String field -> is or contains -> Default Text. 

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Allen Andreas
Administrator
Administrator

Hi,

I don't believe Predictive Intelligence would cover what you're talking about here and there really isn't any other out of box way to do what you're asking. You can review custom options, but it would require scripting and such. There's a bit more complexity here because you aren't comparing two field values directly on the table, you're comparing a field value to a default value of a table field.

 

For similarity and the percentage and stuff, here's some discussion around that: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10473745/compare-strings-javascript-return-of-likely 


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Yeah, Thanks for your replies. 
Very insightful šŸ˜Š