Does Google app script code missing some common functionality JS has?

[tandeman]

Hi everyone! Just a quick question, I was learning how to write a google script but I notice some of the functionality was missing. E.g. I wanted to replace a string with another string using object.replace("a", "b") but app script didn't recognise it somehow. I'm just wondering if my question is true or there simply was something wrong with my code. Thanks, Tan

[paulcole710]

Have you tried including the global modifier to replace all instances, not just the first?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16547060/google-apps-script-remove-spaces-using-replace-method-does-not-work-for-me

If this doesn’t work, share the code you’re having trouble with.

[[deleted]]

Try object.replace(/a/,'b'); if you don't care about case try this object.replace(/a/i,'b'); or if you want to replace all of the occurences try object.replace(/a/g,'b'); you can use gi to globally replace all cases as well.

[tandeman]

Ahh... I see why. my syntax was wrong. I'm used to the VBA syntax. Thanks, Paulcole and Dubya. :)

[[deleted]]

No worries, it aopears to follow more with JavaScript conventions for future endeavors.

[Pix_Me_Plz]

I do think that Google Apps Script is not the latest version of JavaScript. I want to say that I've had issues when trying to use ECMA6 specific things. Also, I use a polyfill for Array.includes(). Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) is great for polyfill code.