Hi Ben, On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 9:57 AM Benjamin Kalish via Evergreen-dev < [email protected]> 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 Implementation and IT Manager Equinox Open Library Initiative [email protected] https://www.equinoxOLI.org phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) direct: 770-709-5581
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