separate value

[carterve]

I have a dropdown box that has names listed last name , first name (Doe, John).  What I'm wanting to do is reverse the order of the names (John Doe) in a text box.  Is this a possibility to do something like this and if how is it done?  Thanks in advance.

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

You can use the JavaScript split method to create an array from the selected drop down value and then assign the items in the array to the respective name field.

// form1.page1.name::exit - (JavaScript, client)

if (!(this.isNull)) {

  var nameStr = this.rawValue;

  var nameArray = nameStr.split(",");

  form1.page1.firstName.rawValue = nameArray[1];

  form1.page1.lastName.rawValue = nameArray[0];

}

Steve

[carterve]

Steve

Thanks again for your assistance, it worked great!

[Former Community Member]

Hi Steve,

I would like to do a similar thing but instead of the drop down list, it is a text box and its value populates from a web service that created in workbench. e.g. full name in the text box ppopulate: "Smith, John T" then I'd like to convert it to "John T Smith"

Can you please advise.

Thanks in advance,

Han Dao