Populating a String field with another string field but with some restriction

Lavanya Nagendr · ‎09-15-2023

Hi All,

I have a requirement where i need to get the "Descripion" field and auto populate another field lets say."Description 1" but without any numbers.

For example:

if Description ----is--> General Requirement 1.1

then Description 1 ---should be---> General Requirement

Note: The content on the Description may vary and the numbers like(1.1 or 1.04) will always be at the end.

Vishal Birajdar · ‎09-15-2023

You can put like below

var description = "General Requirement 1.1  @%";

description = description.replace(/[0-9.]/g, '');

var description_1= description;

Regex explaination :

0-9 - check numbers

. - check dot(.)

/g - search entire string

You can use /[0-9.@#$%^]/g if you have special characters as well

Output :

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Daniel Borkowi1 · ‎09-15-2023

Hi @Lavanya Nagendr , use a RegEx and replace function for that.

var str = g_form.getValue('description');
var result = str.replace(/([^a-z|^A-Z|^\s]*)/gm,"").trim();	
g_form.setValue('u_description_1', result);

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Harish Bainsla · ‎09-15-2023

var str = g_form.getValue('description');
var result = str.replace(/([^a-zA-Z\s]*)/gm,"").trim();
g_form.setValue('u_description_1', result);