A4J Extract first char from dropdown string

[Dave Furlani]

I have a Select List (single choice) drop down called Risk Impact. The values in it are in the format of a "# - text", e.g. 1 - Trivial

I've tried several ways to obtain the number from the string, however I'm having no luck. These smart values I've tried

Risk Impact: {{issue.Risk Impact}}
1 {{issue.Risk Impact.charAt(1)}}
2 {{issue.Risk Impact.abbreviate(1)}}
3 {{issue.Risk Impact.match("\d")}}
4 {{issue.Risk Impact.split(" ").first}}
5 {{issue.Risk Impact.left(1)}}
6 {{issue.Risk Impact.replaceAll("\D")}}
7 {{issue.Risk Impact.substringBefore(" ")}}

Produces the following output

Risk Impact: 5 - Major
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

I'm sure I've had some of them work before, but this week, no luck. Any suggestions?

[Dilip · Accepted solution]

Hi @Dave Furlani 

could you please try the smart value like below:

{{issue.fields.customfield_12345.value.substring(0, 1)}}

customfield_12345 - custom field id for the drop down field

Regards,

Dilip

[Dave Furlani]

Hi @Dilip ,

I tried the customfield option, but got the same (empty) results. I also tried triggerIssue  

The fact {{issue.Risk Impact}} works suggests the smartvalue is working, but even using the customfield option the operations aren't. 

That said, .value.substring(0, 1) seems to have worked when all the other operations failed, so thank you for that suggestion.

I'm now able to get the outputs I wanted with (or the costomfield option)

{{issue.fields.Risk Likelihood.value.substring(0, 1)}} 
{{issue.fields.Risk Impact.value.substring(0, 1)}} 

[Dave Furlani]

It turns out adding .value would also have helped in some cases. These all return the expected output too:

4 {{issue.Risk Impact.value.split(" ").first}}
5 {{issue.Risk Impact.value.left(1)}}
7 {{issue.Risk Impact.value.substringBefore(" ")}}