How to remove special character from field and save it ?

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

ajhick — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:00:36 GMT

Yeah, I'm uncertain on the use case too.

a!localVariables(
  local!myArray: {"",""},
  {
    a!forEach(
      items: local!myArray,
      expression: a!textField(
        label: "Display each index in a seperate field " & fv!index,
        value: fv!item
      )
    )
  }
)

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

Stewart Burchell — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:43:56 GMT

...or you display an array of text fields (or whatever the component is you're using), one for each item in the array.

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

ajhick — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:42:19 GMT

Yeah, need more info and Stewart is (obviously) right on and you need to rethink your code.

I'm not sure why you're displaying an array in a single text field both the below code can work depending on your exact use case.

a!localVariables(
  local!myArray: {"",""},
  local!emptyIndexes: where(
    a!forEach(
      items: local!myArray,
      expression: a!isNullOrEmpty(fv!item)
    )
  ),
  {
    a!textField(
      label: "Concatenate your array",
      value: concat(local!myArray)
    ),
    a!textField(
      label: "Remove empty indexes",
      value: remove(
        local!myArray,
        local!emptyIndexes
      )
    )
  }
)

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

minhajk0002 — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:41:24 GMT

How to remove that semi-colon ?

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

Stewart Burchell — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:29:27 GMT

Then you need to re-think how to display the data. You have a list and are currently trying to display in a single field, so Appian is trying to be helpful by rendering the list with the semi-colon as a separator.

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

minhajk0002 — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:28:11 GMT

It is in array format

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

GopalK — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:27:47 GMT

Hi, where exactly are you getting this ? If possible share some screenshots. There are multiple ways to do this.

RE: How to remove special character from field and save it ?

Stewart Burchell — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:10:03 GMT

Have you checked whether the data you're providing to the field is an array of null items? Appian will add the semi-colon as a separator character: