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JavaScript Formula Help - Merging Fields

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
May 12, 2025
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I would like Text1 to read:

NAME

ADDRESS

CITY, STATE, ZIP

var fields = ["NAME", "ADDRESS", "CITY", "STATE", "ZIP"];
var values = [];
for (var i in fields) {
var f = this.getField(fields[i]);
if (f.valueAsString!="") values.push(f.valueAsString);
}
event.value = values.join("\n");

Correct answer Thom Parker

Then the fields values need to be joined differently.

For example:

var fields = ["NAME", "ADDRESS", "CITY", "STATE", "ZIP"];
var aFldVals = fields.map(cNm=>this.getField(cNm).value);
event.value = aFldVals[0] + "\n" + aFldVals[1] + "\n" + aFldVals[2] + ", " + aFldVals[3] + ", " + aFldVals[4];

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Juana309270938yo1Author

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Text1 is showing:

NAME

ADDRESS

CITY

STATE

ZIP

But I would like the City, State, & Zip to be on the same line instead of stacked.

Thom Parker

Correct answer

Community Expert

Then the fields values need to be joined differently.

For example:

var fields = ["NAME", "ADDRESS", "CITY", "STATE", "ZIP"];
var aFldVals = fields.map(cNm=>this.getField(cNm).value);
event.value = aFldVals[0] + "\n" + aFldVals[1] + "\n" + aFldVals[2] + ", " + aFldVals[3] + ", " + aFldVals[4];

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Juana309270938yo1Author

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That worked! Thank you!!

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Here is another way to write the code:

var fields = ["NAME", "ADDRESS", "CITY", "STATE", "ZIP"];
event.value = fields.map(cNm=>this.getField(cNm).value).join("\n");

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Is your code a calculation script on the "Text1" field? If it is, then this is the correct way to do it.

Did you check the console window for errors? If you had you would probably see a type error being reported. This is because of the incorrect usage of the "for/in" loop. Use a regular for loop and it'll work.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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