How to check if an APEX page item contains a particular substring

Question

I want to check if a page item contains a substring ABC. I have tried

console.log($v("P2_ITEM1").indexOf("ABC"))

and it returns -1 even though the item does contain the substring ABC

What am I doing wrong? Is there a betetr way to do that?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 04 '18 at 03:02

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Apparently it's right. Are you sure that item contains the string "ABC", indexOf is case sensitive.

This instruction and it's ok.

console.log($v("P15_SELECT").indexOf("lb"));
console.log($v("P15_SELECTED").indexOf("lb"));

answered May 04 '18 at 03:02

romeuBraga

how can I replace a value? `apex.item("P2_ITEM1").setValue('');` does not work – Coding Duchess May 04 '18 at 12:53
The same, your code is right. Which type of item are P2_ITEM1? In that same test page I execute your code to test apex.item("P15_SELECT").setValue('Albert') and apex.item("P15_SELECTED").setValue('Albert') and works. But if the item is a "select list" you need to set a value that exists in the list. – romeuBraga May 04 '18 at 14:22
P2_ITEM1 is a text field – Coding Duchess May 04 '18 at 15:15
Wow, strange, I can't see any error. Other way to set the value is $s("P15_SELECTED","Hello World!"); but using apex_item should work. – romeuBraga May 04 '18 at 15:37
must have been me not selecting "Affected items" – Coding Duchess May 07 '18 at 11:42

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