Indexof() issue

Derek10 · ‎02-11-2016

I'm having a quandary trying to see why this is not working, I'd like to think it is a fairly simple thing and I have been looking at screens too long this week!

answer = ifScript();
//
var location = current.variables.requested_for.location.getDisplayValue();

(sample value of location is UKBAS1 -blah blah blah)

function ifScript() {
if (location.toString().indexOf('UKBAS1') >= 0) {
return 'yes';

}
return 'no';
}

I've tried == 0, != -1 as well. Just looking to test for a match if the string contains UKBAS1

Has to be something simple here

brianlan25 · ‎02-11-2016

Hello Derek,

I am able to do thing like this. The only difference between my code and yours is where I declare my variables. I declair them in the fucation not before it.

answer = ifScript();
//

function ifScript() {

var location = current.variables.requested_for.location.getDisplayValue();
if (location.toString().indexOf('UKBAS1') >= 0) {
return 'yes';

}
return 'no';
}

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dhoffman · ‎02-11-2016

Oh wow, Brian nailed it. I missed that too. It's simply an ordering issue. answer = ifScript(); gets run and doesn't care about var location:

answer = ifScript();

var location = current.variables.requested_for.location.getDisplayValue();

should be:

var location = current.variables.requested_for.location.getDisplayValue();

answer = ifScript();

or like Brian said, declare var location inside the ifScript() function if it doesn't need to be used outside of that function...

Derek10 · ‎02-11-2016

Thank you gentlemen!

I have been working on this 1 aspect for 3 hours. Time for drinks! Open up a tab on me!

Derek