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Using a RegEx to trigger an action

8 years ago
Jul 9, 2018 9:08 PM UTC
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Joachim

Hello all! I am trying to create an action which would be triggered by the presence of any of a large quantity of terms in an open ended response. Would the correct condition be the following: Question > Question Name > Question Text > Matches RegEx > /(term1)|(term2)|(term3)|.../(termn)/gi/ Does the RegEx need to be preceded by anything other than "/"? do the end flags (g/i) need to be followed by "/"? Cheers! Joachim

Best answer by mattyb513

Yeah, I'd imagine that it's using the same engine for all its regex evaluation. Are you seeing differently?

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mattyb513
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8 years ago
Jul 10, 2018 11:23 AM UTC

Yeah, your approach is correct. You would literally just drop it in like the following: ``` /(term1)|(term2)|(term3)|(termn)/gi ``` Obviously swapping out the terms for real terms. If any of them match in this case it will pass the validation. This validation would be on the question that contains the text entry box typically. Example: https://qualtricssfi.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_dgr675yqpa0YWvH?Q_SurveyVersionID=current&Q_CHL=preview

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bstrahin
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8 years ago
Jul 10, 2018 12:36 PM UTC

If you happen to have trouble with the RegEx you can also use display logic for this. One line for each term with the condition. Question > Question Name > Question Text > Contains > (term 1) OR Question > Question Name > Question Text > Contains > (term 2) OR Question > Question Name > Question Text > Contains > (term 3)... You would lose the benefit of the case insensitive code from the RegEx though.

Joachim
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8 years ago
Jul 10, 2018 1:05 PM UTC

Thanks @bstrahin ; my main issue is that I have 50~ terms that I want to use to trigger this action.. and that I need to reproduce this action across multiple surveys. Definitely a great albeit labor intensive plan b!

Joachim
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8 years ago
Jul 10, 2018 1:06 PM UTC

> @mattyb513 said: > Yeah, your approach is correct. You would literally just drop it in like the following: > ``` > /(term1)|(term2)|(term3)|(termn)/gi > ``` > Obviously swapping out the terms for real terms. If any of them match in this case it will pass the validation. This validation would be on the question that contains the text entry box typically. > > Example: https://qualtricssfi.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_dgr675yqpa0YWvH?Q_SurveyVersionID=current&Q_CHL=preview Thanks @mattyb513 ; your example shows the regex validation used for survey logic. Would the same regex be valid when using "Matches RegEx" to trigger actions (ticketing/email?). Cheers!