Replace string using regex

[carlocsa]

Hi ServiceNow Gurus,

I have a reference field which we will call Field A. The field value is always "Digital" + "Value provided by requester". This will be saved to a table.

On load, I want to remove the word "Digital" and save it on a separate text field, called Field B.

Example:Field A: Digital Technology Advertisement

Field B: Technology Advertisement

My catalog client script is displaying the Field A sys_id to Field B.

function onLoad() {

var str = g_form.getValue('u_field_a');   // get value from Field A

var regex = str.toString().replace('Digital ', '');

g_form.setValue('u_field_b',regex); // save new value to Field B

}

Please help!

Thank you.

Carlo

[Shishir Srivast]

please try with,

var regex = str.substring(8);

[Shishir Srivast · Accepted solution]

My bad, i didn't notice that it's returning the sys_id. Can you please something like this. Let's see if that helps.

function onLoad() {

g_form.setValue('u_field_b', g_form.getDisplayBox('u_field_a').value.substring(8));

}

[carlocsa]

Works perfectly!

Thank you!

[Mihir Mohanta]

Seems like field A is a reference type of field. Thats why sys_id is returning while you are using getValue method for field A.

In that case you have to use GlideAjax, GlideRecord or a getReference method to get the display value of field A.

Please go through the below link for an example.

Client Script returning sys_id instead of actual value.