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How to print Javascript strings into console, or into a txt file

Explorer ,
Jan 18, 2019 Jan 18, 2019

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Good evening, I am trying to find a way to print the strings in my Javascript into the console log, that, or print the strings into a txt file.

Here is what I have so far:

var File = this.documentFileName.replace(/.pdf/,"");

var First = this.getField("First Name");

var Last = this.getField("Last Name");

var Middle = this.getField("Middle Initial");

var State = this.getField("State");

var Lab = "MDV";

if (State = "AL" && "CT" && "FL" && "GA" && "HI" && "IL" && "KY" && "LA" && "MD" && "DC" && "MI" && "MN" && "NJ" && "NM" && "NC" && "OR" && "SC" && "TX" && "UT" && "VA" && "WY") {   

    lab = "HELIX";

}

var Patient = Last + ", " + First + " " + Middle + " - " + Lab + " - " + State + " - " + "REC FORM";

I am looking for a way to print the variable, "File" so that we can see which files are not correctly spelled, and so that our checkers can correct the files later on.

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Community Expert , Jan 18, 2019 Jan 18, 2019

Use this code:

console.println(File);

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Use this code:

console.println(File);

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PS. You have multiple errors in your code...

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I've found that I do have quite a few errors.  One of them is that, "this.documentFileName is undefined" in the console.

Do you mind if I ask, if there is a fix for this issue? 

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That's actually fine... However, it will only work if you have a document open at the time you run the code, of course.

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I tested it as a batch action in Acrobat, and it seems to work, except for two parts of my code.

var Patient = Last + ", " + First + " " + Middle + " - " + Lab + " - " + State + " - " + "REC FORM";

When it prints to the console, it comes out looking like this:

[object Field], [object Field] [object Field] - MDV - WY - REC FORM

The state and lab are incorrect, and it doesn't seem to print out the names like it should, rather, [object field] comes up.

Thank you for your help and patience by the way.

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You probably want the "value" of the field

try this:

var Patient = Last.value + ", " + First.value + " " + Middle.value + " - " + Lab + " - " + State.value + " - " + "REC FORM";

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
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Awesome!  It now all prints like it should, and the lab value changes in relation to the state!

I have hopefully one more problem however, when I run the program, it will change the customer's state to WY.

This is the code that I have so far:

if (State.value = "AL" && "CT" && "FL" && "GA" && "HI" && "IL" && "KY" && "LA" && "MD" && "DC" && "MI" && "MN" && "NJ" && "NM" && "NC" && "OR" && "SC" && "TX" && "UT" && "VA" && "WY") {  

    Lab = "HELIX";

}

And when I change the &&, to || instead, the state changes to "AL", the first state in the if statement

I've noticed that the last state in the IF statement is "WY," maybe my statement is not set up correctly?

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No, it's not. There are syntax errors in it (you used "=" instead of "==", for example) as well as logical ones.

How can one variable equal multiple values? Did you mean to use the OR operator, not the AND one?

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I meant for it to be the OR operator, and changed it after making the comment. 

I inserted the "==" operator where it needed to be, and it seems to work perfectly now. It will only print the file name if a mistake is found, thank you guys for your help!

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Post you full code, please...

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var File = this.documentFileName.replace(/.pdf/,"");

var List = this.documentFileName.replace(/.pdf/,"");

File = File.replace(/\s/g,'');

var First = this.getField("First Name");

var Last = this.getField("Last Name");

var Middle = this.getField("Middle Initial");

var State = this.getField("State");

var Lab = "HELIX";

   

if (State.value == "AL" || "CT" || "FL" || "GA" || "HI" || "IL" || "KY" || "LA" || "MD" || "DC" || "MI" || "MN" || "NJ" || "NM" || "NC" || "OR" || "SC" || "TX" || "UT" || "VA" || "WY") {   

    Lab = "MDV";

}

var Patient = Last.value + "," + First.value + Middle.value + "-" + Lab + "-" + State.value + "-" + "RECFORM";

if (File != Patient) {

    console.println(List);

}

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This is a common error, it comes from thinking in English, where you can say "If the patent is John or Peter or Mike". But that isn't what you can say in JavaScript. You have to say "If the patient is John or the patient is Peter or the patient is Mike". So your code has to be a lot longer...

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Yeah, this part is wrong:

if (State.value == "AL" || "CT" || "FL" || "GA" || "HI" || "IL" || "KY" || "LA" || "MD" || "DC" || "MI" || "MN" || "NJ" || "NM" || "NC" || "OR" || "SC" || "TX" || "UT" || "VA" || "WY")

It needs to be:

if (State.value == "AL" || State.value =="CT" || State.value =="FL" || State.value =="GA" || State.value =="HI" ... etc.

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Jan 19, 2019 Jan 19, 2019

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Your code would be much more efficient and there's less repetitive typing if you created an array of values to test and then test if the value is in the array. Below is a truncated example...

var states = ["AL", "CT", "FL", "GA", HI"] // Add rest of states inside array based on the example shown

if (states.indexOf(State.value) > -1) {

    var Patient = Last.value + "," + First.value + Middle.value + "-" + Lab + "-" + State.value + "-" + "RECFORM";

}

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True, that's a better approach, but a bit more complex to follow, if you're not versed in JavaScript.

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