Is there any function available to check if variable value is "User" or "group"?

Amir Hanif

Certified Lead Developer

over 8 years ago

Hi,
I have a variable "assignee" of "User or Group" type. I want to know if user enter "User" or "group" as an input for this variable. Is there any function available to check if variable value is "User" or "group"?

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Durgesh over 8 years ago +1
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AFAIK there is no in-built function to verify weather it is a user or group. I think you can make a use of typeof() function to check this. This function return integer value for the type. Suppose, if…

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0 snehalh
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over 6 years ago

We had same requirement for a project, and I tried some solutions given here but they didn't work for me.
So here is my solution, see if it helps you:

if(find("Group",tostring(try(
togroup(ri!input),touser(ri!input))),1),"Group",
isusernametaken(tostring(ri!input)),"user","notUserorGroup")
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0 snehalh
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over 6 years ago

We had same requirement for a project, and I tried some solutions given here but they didn't work for me.
So here is my solution, see if it helps you:

if(find("Group",tostring(try(
togroup(ri!input),touser(ri!input))),1),"Group",
isusernametaken(tostring(ri!input)),"user","notUserorGroup")
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0 chandu
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over 6 years ago in reply to snehalh

Hi Sneha,
Its always good to avoid using internal functions like try(), these internal functions evaluations might be changed from one release to other release.
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