How to write RegExp "or" statement?

[Edwin Fuller]

I currently have the below business rule that searches the description field to find "Password: xxxxxxxxx" and removes the characters that follow the colon and replaces it with "Password Removed" So If I was to type "Password: TestPW!" the business rule below would replace it with "Password: Password Removed". I need to write an or statement to check for "Password:xxxxxxxxx" and perform the same replace action.

Currently searching for "Password: 123456789" with space after the colon

Need to add an or statement to search for "Password:123456789" with no space after the colon

Current Business Rule

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) {    

  var rgx = new SNC.Regex('/Password: [0-9]*/');  

  var result = current.description;  

  current.description = rgx.replaceAll(result,"Password: Password Removed");

})(current, previous);

[dhasselquist · Accepted solution]

I see. Well, there are a couple things.

1. The 'SNC Regex' method of doing this seems to not be the recommended way to proceed (see: Convert SNC Regex expressions to enhanced regex expressions).

2. I rewrote the script using the above suggestions, but encountered the same issue. I don't usually use SNC.Regex api (or the plain javascript regExp constructor); I do it inline, so to speak.

In our instance, replacements are made in the following method. I haven't found any issues doing it this way, but someone else might be able to chip in on the best practices. In your case it is working as expected.

var result = current.description;
current.description = result.replace(/Password:[\s]?[\w!]*/g, "Password: Password Removed");

[Edwin Fuller]

Thanks a lot for this information Dylan. I've tested your solution and it is working beautifully, exactly what I need it to do. So much simpler too

[dhasselquist]

Edwin,

Great, glad to help!