[Evergreen-dev] Regular Expressions in print templates

[Benjamin Kalish]

Thanks, Galen,

How would I get a custom filter like this into a template?

Benjamin Kalish
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On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 3:45 PM Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxoli.org> wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 9:57 AM Benjamin Kalish via Evergreen-dev <
> evergreen-dev at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
> > I'm trying to use regular expressions in a print template, but I can't
> figure out what
> > is supported. replace() is clearly supported for strings, because
> > {{ "catalog".replace("alog","s"); }} gives cats, but all my attempts
> with regular
> > expressions have failed, whether I use RegExp() or the slash notation.
> >
> > Is there a way to use regular expressions in print templates? They would
> be oh so useful here!
>
> Unfortunately, the AngularJS expressions that those print templates use
> explicitly do not support regexp literals.
>
> However, it would be a matter of just a few lines of code to make
> Evergreen define a custom filter implementing a regexp replace function
> that could be made available to the print templates, a la
> https://embed.plnkr.co/plunk/8LDJXj.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
> --
> Galen Charlton
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> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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