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trosen-cf
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February 22, 2022
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Use velocity to reverse string field

  • February 22, 2022
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Hi All,

 

Is there a way to use a script to reverse a 5 character string field on the Person record?

 

Example:

Pre-Script: ABCDE

Post-Script: EDCBA

 

I've been trying to adjust this script, but cannot identify which key to use.

 

Best,

Thomas

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    Best answer by SanfordWhiteman
    #set( $original = "ABCDE" ) #set( $reversed = "" ) #set( $codeUnits = $original.split("") ) #foreach( $i in [$math.sub($codeUnits.size(),1)..0] ) #set( $reversed = $reversed + $codeUnits[$i] ) #end

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    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhitemanAccepted solution
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    February 23, 2022
    #set( $original = "ABCDE" ) #set( $reversed = "" ) #set( $codeUnits = $original.split("") ) #foreach( $i in [$math.sub($codeUnits.size(),1)..0] ) #set( $reversed = $reversed + $codeUnits[$i] ) #end
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      trosen-cfAuthor
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      February 23, 2022

      Thank you @sanfordwhiteman. This works beautifully. 

      SanfordWhiteman
      SanfordWhiteman
      Level 10
      February 23, 2022

      Can I ask what the use case is for this? Seems pretty rare to get strings in reverse!

       

      Also, must’ve saved my last post too quickly: thought I’d added the disclaimer that this doesn’t work with surrogate pairs nor with compound graphemes (combining marks, emoji complexions, etc.). In other words, as the variable name suggests, it works on 16-bit code units.

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