How to get the data before separator.

[ServiceNow de16]

Hello,

How to get first word from the below data which is using the separator.

ex: Name|email from this I need Name which before the separator |.

Please help me on this one 

Thanks!

[Pavankumar_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If you need first string from this data Please try below script you will get the first string.

var str="Name|Email";
var n=str.indexOf("|");
var firstword=str.substring(0,n);
gs.info(firstword);

Hope it helps!!

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Regards

Pavankumar

[-O-]

var str = "Name|Email";

gs.info(str.split('|').shift());

This one also works if for some reason, sometimes str will not contain the separator. E.g

var str = "Name Email";

gs.info(str.split('|').shift());

will print Name Email as apposed to an empty string. Though maybe that is not what is required?

[asifnoor]

Here is the simple way

var str="Name|Email";
var name = str.split("|")[0].toString();
gs.print(name);

Mark the comment as a correct answer and also helpful if this helps to solve the problem.