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Forms checkbox values now use underscores for spaces. Can we prevent this somehow?

asked on May 30, 2014

In the newer version of Forms (9.1.1) I've noticed that values associated with checkboxes will now replace spaces with underscores.  When I remove the underscore and place a space again, it will revert back to an underscore.  Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

 

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replied on June 2, 2014

Hi Travis,

 

In the future version of Forms, checkbox behavior will be improved.

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replied on May 30, 2014

Currently you cannot prevent Forms from replacing spaces in these values. If you're using these values in calculations or other code, you can use pretty straightforward regular expressions to put the spaces back.

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replied on May 30, 2014

Thanks Eric.  I'm retrieving the values from Workflow, and had to create a pattern match to remove the underscores (creating a multivalue token for each word in the value) and use a "For Each Value" loop to combine the token values back together with spaces between each.

 

Is there an easier way to do this?

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replied on June 2, 2014

Hi Travis,

 

In the future version of Forms, checkbox behavior will be improved.

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replied on February 16, 2017

Hi Abby-

10.2 still puts underscores in checkbox values. Is the improved behavior coming soon?

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replied on February 26, 2018

Does forms 10.3 fix this behavior? Is there any work around in the meantime?

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replied on September 12, 2018

same question. Its mostly for improving presentation in emails. I'd like to show the answer values w/ spaces instead of underscores.

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replied on July 10, 2019

Also trying to include these values with spaces (instead of "_") to emails, but the underscore is an eye sore! is there any other workaround in the meantime?  has anyone figured out a way on how to list "checked" choices from a checkbox list in emails?  the "list of all check" comes out separated by commas.  I would like the choices to be in a list going vertical. instead of: Choice_1, Choice_2, Choice_3

 

to:

choice_1

choice_2

choice_3

 

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replied on September 16, 2019

This is quite ugly when sent via email and would be nice to have a simple way to use spaces in place of underscore. We have moved from another platform to LaserFiche and I can already hear the recipients protesting....

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replied on October 30, 2019

Can you provide the regex to replace '_' with ' '?

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replied on December 15, 2019

Agreed. This is quite ugly for emails and any subsequent forms where you want to list out the selections. It should not take copying the values to a field, performing a regex and then using the new variable to display this list.

Any clean, simple, solutions?

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replied on July 26, 2021

I am interested in this answer too!

Christine

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