Parsing Values in Text Field

[avinash21]

Hi

I have a text field   and it has 2 questions for example     like below

Question 1    

Question 2

Now I have to validate that both questions are answered , both Questions have question text , how this can be done ?

TIA

[Chuck Tomasi · Accepted solution]

You COULD do it with a regular expression similar to what I have below (and check for both answer[1] and answer[2] to be non-empty/non-undefined values. The thing is, if someone messes with your text, the pattern fails and they won't be able to continue. This is why I recommend two fields. That being said, here's a RegEx that should do what you want as long as they don't mess with your questions.

var input='1)What steps has been taken to resolve the issue\n' +

'None\n'+

'2)What steps has been taken to confirm issue never reoccurs\n' +

'Eat more vegetables\n';

var patt = /1\)What steps has been taken to resolve the issue\n(.*)\n2\)What steps has been taken to confirm issue never reoccurs\n(.*)\n/;

var answers = input.match(patt);

gs.print(input);

gs.print(answers.length);

gs.print('answer1=' + answers[1]);

gs.print('answer2=' + answers[2]);

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