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Eoin_Lyons1
Eoin_Lyons1
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September 4, 2019
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Velocity script adding a space before my URL

  • September 4, 2019
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Hi, 

I don't fully understand the code below, but am hoping someone who does can tell me why there's a space being inserted before my URL when I apply this script token to an email.

Thanks!

#set($Calendly = $display.alt($OpportunityList.get(0).Calendly_OC_Checkin__c.trim(),""))

#if(   
  $Calendly.isEmpty() ||    
  $Calendly.indexOf(" ") == 1 
)
https://calendly.com/welcome-to-bench/account-check-in##  
#else
#set($Calendly = $Calendly.trim())
  $display.capitalize($Calendly.toLowerCase())## 
#end‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
Best answer by SanfordWhiteman

You've got leading whitespace as well when you use the fallback value (check that indent on line 10). This code has no extraneous printable whitespace:

#set( $Calendly = $display.alt( $OpportunityList.get(0).Calendly_OC_Checkin__c.trim(),"" ) )
#if(   
  $Calendly.isEmpty() ||    
  $Calendly.indexOf(" ") == 1 
)
https://calendly.com/welcome-to-bench/account-check-in##
#else
#set( $Calendly = $Calendly.trim() )
$display.capitalize( $Calendly.toLowerCase() )##
#end‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Note how there are spaces inside the parens. That's totally fine (and necessary to stay sane when coding) because it's not printable.

1 reply

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
New Participant
September 4, 2019

Line 2 is whitespace. Velocity doesn't insert whitespace, but it always *preserves* whitespace.

    Eoin_Lyons1
    Eoin_Lyons1Author
    New Participant
    September 5, 2019

    Hey Sanford - that's good to know. What's the best way to get rid of it? I deleted this line and even mashed it together so it read like

    __c.trim(),""))#if(

    ... but neither worked

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhitemanAccepted solution
    New Participant
    September 5, 2019

    You've got leading whitespace as well when you use the fallback value (check that indent on line 10). This code has no extraneous printable whitespace:

    #set( $Calendly = $display.alt( $OpportunityList.get(0).Calendly_OC_Checkin__c.trim(),"" ) )
    #if(   
      $Calendly.isEmpty() ||    
      $Calendly.indexOf(" ") == 1 
    )
    https://calendly.com/welcome-to-bench/account-check-in##
    #else
    #set( $Calendly = $Calendly.trim() )
    $display.capitalize( $Calendly.toLowerCase() )##
    #end‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

    Note how there are spaces inside the parens. That's totally fine (and necessary to stay sane when coding) because it's not printable.

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