Regex to remove [code] and [/code]

[poyntzj]

I am working on a routine and part of it includes getting the comments / work notes and removing unnecessary parts for a notificaiton.

We are using [code] and [/code] in the fields and in the notifications this is not pretty.   Part of my routine is to strip that out using a simple Regex.

I was testing on regex101.com and the lines

\[\/code\] /g

\[code\] /g

validate and look good

however, when running in my script it did not work

after a little testing, I had to use the following code

var strWorkNotes = '[code]This is an example[/code]';
r = new RegExp('\\[\/code\\]', 'g');
strWorkNotes = strWorkNotes.replace(r, '');
r = new RegExp('\\[code\\]', 'g');
strWorkNotes = strWorkNotes.replace(r, '');
gs.print(strWorkNotes);

[paramveer]

Hi Julian,

Try with below code :

var strWorkNotes = '[code]This is an example[/code]';  

strWorkNotes   = new String(strWorkNotes); // issue wil resolve if you cast the work notes to string in include

r = new RegExp('\\[\/code\\]', 'g');  

strWorkNotes = strWorkNotes.replace(r, '');  

r = new RegExp('\\[code\\]', 'g');  

strWorkNotes = strWorkNotes.replace(r, '');  

gs.print(strWorkNotes);

~Paramveer Singh

~ServiceNow Developer

~Please mark Helpful, Like, or Correct Answer if applicable

[poyntzj]

Paramveer, my code works fine as it is - it is not a question - just something to put up that may assist someone if they come across the same issue.

I was emphasising that if you use a standard Regex that works elsewhere, it is not guaranteed to work inside ServiceNow.

The amedned code will will work instead

Cheers

[sathishk]

Julian,

You are right... It helped me today... Thanks for initiating the post

Regards,

Sathish.K

[neharao]

hi Julian,

i need help on splitting the string where my data is coming as JEG\DupepeBA . My requirement is to remove \ and letters before it.

i mean expected output is DupepeBA.

I tried with the split and reg exp but having "\" in data is not working . i tried below ways to come up with the solution but no luck.

var str="JEG\DupepeBA";

var answer;

str = str.toString();

var arr = str.split(" \ ");

answer = arr[1];

gs.log(answer);

and tried with Regexp also as shown below:

var answer="JEG\DupepeBA";

var resp =answer.replace(/^[A-Za-z\\]+/g,"");  

gs.log(resp);