Capturing First word from a textbox

[miomorte]

Okay, small issue, I can't figure out how to grab the first word from several in a text box. Here is the code that captures the full line:

var LSTN = "LSTN"+xfa.form.OUTSTCHK12.FormPage1.Subform1.PayeeLastName.rawValue;

If someone could please help I would be very greatful.

[Former Community Member]

You can use javascript functions for that. Assuming your field that holds the sentence is PayeeLastName then you can do something like this:

     // Get value into a string

     var message = PayeeLastName.rawValue;

     //Use the split command to break up the string on the space char and place into an array called words

     var words = message.split(" ");

     //now the words array holds all of the words in the string. It is a zero base array so to get the 1st word

     app.alert("The first word is: " + words[0]);

Hope that helps

Paul

[miomorte]

Your answer was helpful but I believe I phrased my question wrong, is there a way to grab just the first word and have it fill a different box instead of having the app.alert for the word.

Thanks

PS: Would it be possible to only change part of the code that I pasted to grab the first word and continue to place it where it's set to do so?

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

Well now that you know ho to get the word it is simply a case of assigning it to another field. Assuming the other field is called OtherField you would use a command like this:

OtherField.rawValue = words[0]

Paul

[miomorte]

Thank you for helping me out, it is greatly appreciated.