Regex match Google Scripts

[jmm0979]

Hi,

I am trying to see if someone can help me on how to use the regex match in GAS.

I need to remove the following characters if they exist in the beginning of a string and replace them with "New - ".

string contains the following

**-

%% ABC -

For example:

**-Apple

%% ABC - Orange

Results:

New - Apple

New - Orange

var col1 = first.replace(/^**--|^%% ABC - /,"");
      col1 = col1.toString().replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim(); // remove extra trailing white spaces
      col1 = col1.replace(/\b[a-z]/ig, function(match) {return match.toUpperCase()})

TIA!
JMR

[Tanaike]

Although I'm not sure whether I could correctly understand about your question, when you want to achieve as follows.

From:

**-Apple

%% ABC - Orange

To:

New - Apple

New - Orange

How about the following sample script?

const res = ["New - Apple", "New - Orange"].map(e => e.replace(/^\*\*\-\-|^%% ABC \- /, "New - "));

console.log(res) // [ 'New - Apple', 'New - Orange' ]

If I misunderstood your question, I apologize for this.

[jmm0979]

Hi Tanaike,

I am using this code:

var col1 = first.replace(/^(**-)|^(!!-ABC - )|^($$-ABC - )/,"New - ");

But when the return value only displays "ABC - ", it did not include the remaining text value.

I am hoping for the return to be like this:

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[Tanaike]

Thank you for replying. I apologize for the inconvenience. In that case, how about the following sample script?

const res = ["**-Apple", "!!-ABC - Orange", "@@- Mango", "Mango"].map(e => `New - ${e.split("-").pop().trim()}`);

console.log(res) // [ 'New - Apple', 'New - Orange', 'New - Mango', 'New - Mango' ]

[Bruce Mcpherson]

If it's anything before the last '-',

then str.replace(/.*-+/, '"New -")  will do it

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