Trouble using .replace() in before business rule on an HTML field

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I have an HTML type field called description. I need to use an onBefore business rule to change a character in the description field. For example: current.description.replace("a","i"); does not work.

[MrMuhammad]

Convert HTML to String first using toString() then replace will work. try this.

current.description.toString().replace("a","i");

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Sharjeel

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This did not work. Current code updated bellow, still working on this

var desc = current.description.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/ig, "");
desc.toString().replace(/i/g,'a');
current.setValue('description',desc);

[Tony Chatfield1]

Hi, replace will only replace the first instance of a value, unless you use a regex.

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_replace.asp

Your regex should also ensure that you are not replacing characters which are components of the HTML tags.

[Community Alums]

This did not work. Current code updated bellow, still working on this

var desc = current.description.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/ig, "");
desc.toString().replace(/i/g,'a');
current.setValue('description',desc);