Handlebars calculate string length after replace

Hristina Bendeva NetSuite Integration Whiz

• May 05, 2021 11:24

Hello,

I'm trying to calculate the length of a string after I remove the whitespaces inside the string, in the screenshot bellow I need the second element to have a value 9 instead of the name. Can this be done with handlebars?

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  Lucian Hymer Senior Solutions Consultant

  • May 05, 2021 17:56

  Hey Hristina,

  I thought of a pretty nifty workaround that will work super well.

  We have a function called regexSearch which will compare a regular expression to a string and will return the index where the match starts. The regular expression "$" will match the end of the string. So if I just search for "$", it'll return the string length!

  

   

  P.S. I really like the two "Bob"s that you and I chose haha

  Thanks,
  -Lucian
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  Courtney Jordan Experience Strategy & Design Director Community moderator

  • May 05, 2021 14:16

  

  

  

  Hi Hristina Bendeva,

  You should be able to use #compare handlebar to check the length of a string. Check this community post. Let us know if you have other questions or this doesn't solve your issue!

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  Hristina Bendeva NetSuite Integration Whiz

  • May 05, 2021 15:21

  

  

  

  Hi Courtney Jordan,

  This doesn't solve my issue because I need to remove the whitespaces from the string before I check the length of the string.

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  Hristina Bendeva NetSuite Integration Whiz

  • May 06, 2021 08:51

  

  

  

  Hi Lucian,

  Thank you for the solution this is what I needed.

   

  P.S both Bob's are legends in their own right.

  Thanks,

  -Hristina

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