I'm trying to finish off a Google Apps Script to reformat a field that I would ideally like to turn into a hyperlink.
This is the common format of the text in the spreadsheet:
tistaff: other sections: person: randomname
This is how I would like it to appear:
<li><a href="http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/topics/person/randomname">randomname</a></li>
I've done most of the work except the end bit, which I just can't work out. Can anyone help.
Here's my script:
function HTMLtransform() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
for(var c=1; c<sheet.getLastRow(); c++){
var rng = sheet.getRange("B"+c);
var rplc = sheet.getRange("F"+c);
var value = String(rng.getValue());
var replVal = new String('test');
var target = 'test'; // this variable is designed to capture the unique bit of the variable
target = value.replace(/tistaff: other sections:[a-z]*: ([a-z]*)$/, '$1');// this variable is designed to capture the unique bit of the variable
replVal = value;
replVal = replVal.replace(/ company:/, 'company/');
replVal = replVal.replace(/ person:/, 'person/');
replVal = replVal.replace(/ place:/, 'place/');
replVal = replVal.replace(/tistaff: other sections:/, '<li><a href="http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/topics/');
replVal = replVal.replace(/ ([a-z]*)$/, '');
replVal = replVal + target + '">' + target + '</a></li>';
rplc.setValue(replVal);
}
}
It works to a point, but this is the output:
**<li><a href="http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/topics/person/tistaff: other sections: person: randomname">tistaff: other sections: person: randomname</a></li>**
What am I doing wrong?