Use javascript in coldfusion

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Hi

Can you tell me how to us javascript with Coldfusion?
By executing this javascript with div tag cfoutput the requested script was not working. Do i need to add something ?

<div><cfoutput>#Exp.Msg#</cfoutput></div>
															   
<script type="text/javascript> 
let element = document.querySelector('div')
element.innerText = element.innerText.replace(/(\(.*\)|\[.*\]) /,'').trim()
</script>

i need to remove the text in brackets which is in the results of #Exp.Msg#

or is there a better way to do it? any suggestion ?

2

Assuming this is the exact code you used, you’re missing a double quote at end of javascript in your script opening tag. However, why not just the replacement / removal server side using CF rereplace tag before cfoutputing it instead of adding an additional layer on the client side?

3

Hi thank you so much for reply. can you show me/example what you mean with “However, why not just the replacement / removal server side using CF rereplace tag before cfoutputing it instead of adding an additional layer on the client side?”

4

You can use coldfusion functions to replace a string, you dont need to do this with javascript in the browser:

<CFSET exception = ReReplace(Exp.Msg, "/(\(.*\)|\[.*\]) /","")>
<CFDUMP var="#exception#">

(untested, just as an example)

5

Thank you michael_diederich, i checked but it does not remove the text in the brackets. any other suggestion ?

6

Try this:

<CFSET Exp.Msg="This (here) is a [quick] test (to go)!">
<CFSET exception = ReReplace(Exp.Msg, "(\(.*?\)|\[.*?\])","","ALL")>
<CFDUMP var="#exception#">
7

Thx Andreas! It works as expected

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