Invalid Function definition Error in logs

[Tapish Sharma1]

Hi All, 

I am using below script in scheduled reports to check the month, but the script is not working 

It shows invalid function def in logs

function checkMonths(){

var a = false;
var triggerMonths = [1,3,5,7,9,11];
var currentDate = new Date();
var currentMonth = currentDate.getMonth();

for (i in triggerMonths){
if ( currentMonth == triggerMonths[i])
a=true;
}
return a;
}

checkMonths();

[AnubhavRitolia]

Hi @Tapish Sharma1 

I guess no need to create a function, you can directly check the condition as below:

var triggerMonths = [1,3,5,7,9,11];
var currentDate = new Date();
var currentMonth = currentDate.getMonth();

for (i in triggerMonths){
if ( currentMonth == triggerMonths[i])
return true;
}
return false;

[Tapish Sharma1]

You cannot have a return statement without function

[Abhijit4]

Try below code :

function checkMonths(){
var triggerMonths = [1,3,5,7,9,11];
var currentDate = new Date();
var currentMonth = currentDate.getMonth();


for (var i=0;i< triggerMonths.length;i++){
if ( currentMonth == triggerMonths[i])
return true;
}
return false;
}


checkMonths();

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[Abhijit4]

Your logic is not efficient one, please use below logic which is way more efficient :

function checkMonths(){
var currentDate = new Date();
var currentMonth = currentDate.getMonth();
if ( currentMonth%2 == 1)
return true;
}
return false;
}
checkMonths();

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[Tapish Sharma1]

I have found the solution, function definition is not supported in conditional scripting as it is sandbox script. please use script include to do something like this,