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Doing some simple substring removal and getting different results from the block than in JS Bin.


let renderName = "MX_Topo-Chico-Agua_Mineral-Water_600ml_PET_6x";

let secondaryQuantity = "6x";



// scripting block generates an UNEXPECTED output: "MXTopo-Chico-Agua_Mineral-Water_600ml_PET"

output.text( removeSubString(renderName,secondaryQuantity) );



// JS Bin, however, outputs as EXPECTED: "MX_Topo-Chico-Agua_Mineral-Water_600ml_PET_"

// console.log( removeSubString(renderName,secondaryQuantity) );



function removeSubString(str,substr) {

    return str.replace(substr,"");

}

Oddly, making use of a character (rather than “”) yields proper results.


renderName.replace(secondaryQuantity,"1")

=> "MX_Topo-Chico-Agua_Mineral-Water_600ml_PET_1"

Ah this is because output.text supports Markdown. So it’s italicizing _Topo-Chico-Agua_. I’d suggest either wrapping the input in backticks, e.g. output.text('`' + removeSubString(renderName,secondaryQuantity) + '`' ); or using console.log if you’re just printing out for debugging.

Quick update on this — the unexpected behavior has been fixed. output.text will no longer apply Markdown formatting (use output.markdown for that).

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