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Jin Yong
Jin Yong

Reputation: 43778

string split pipe not working in Mirth connect JavaScript

I have tried to split a pipe from a string in Mirth connect JavaScrip, but for some reason, it's not working as expecting.

Example:

var x = "RO|123|test|account|test2";
var arr = x.split('|');

I expecting the output when I loop through the variable arr as below:

arr[0] -> RO
arr[1] -> 123
arr[2] -> test
arr[3] -> account
arr[4] -> test2

BUT for some reason the output is as below:

arr[0] -> R
arr[1] -> O
arr[2] -> |
arr[3] -> 1
arr[4] -> 2

Does anyone know why and how could I solve this issue?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1937

Answers (2)

agermano
agermano

Reputation: 1719

In your actual code, x is probably a Java string, and not a Javascript string like in your example. The Java String.split method takes a regex string as the first parameter.

For this declaration:

var x = new java.lang.String("RO|123|test|account|test2");

Either of these should give the expected result:

// Calling the Java String.split method.
var arr = x.split('\\|'); // arr will be a Java array

// Explicitly convert to a Javascript string to ensure calling
// Javascript String.prototype.split function.
var arr = String(x).split('|'); // arr will be a Javascript array

Note: For those that only picked up on the javascript tag, mirth javascript runs in a Mozilla Rhino environment.

Upvotes: 5

msbomrel
msbomrel

Reputation: 519

It should work fine as it is working as expected.

var x = "RO|123|test|account|test2";
var arr = x.split('|');
/* document.write(arr); */

for(var i =0; i < arr.length; i++){
	document.write("arr["+[i]+"] ->"+arr[i]+ "<br>");
}

Upvotes: 0

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