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results.after(labelStr);

Tip: Thereplace()methodasusedintheaboveexamplereplacesonlythefirstoccurrenceof

thesearchstring.Toreplace every occurrenceofasearchstringinagivenstring,useareg-

ular expression.Inthefollowinglineofcode,theregularexpression/@product@/gmakes

replace()searchforalloccurrencesofthestring@product@inthelabelstring:

label = label.replace(/@product@/g, record.tables.detail[i].fields

['product']);

Inthisexample,@product@isapattern(tobeusedinasearch)andgisamodifier(tofindall

matchesratherthanstoppingafterthefirstmatch).Formoreinformationaboutpossibleregular

expressions,seehttps://www.w3schools.com/js/js_regexp.asp.

Replaceseveralplaceholdersinonescript

Supposethereare20differentplaceholdersinapostcard(fortheaddress,accountandcustomer

details,apromocode,theduedate,discounts,alinktoapersonalizedlandingpageetc.).Typicallythis

wouldrequire20queries.EvenafteroptimizingthesescriptsbyusinganIDasselectorforthose

scripts,therearestill20scripts,20queriestorun.

Iftherewasonlyonequery,onesinglescripttodoallthework,theoutputcouldbegeneratedmuch

faster.Reducingthenumberofscriptsimprovestheperformanceofthetemplate.Howtodothis?

First,wrapthecontentthatcontainsalloftheplaceholdersinone(inline)BoxandgivethatBoxor

SpananID(ontheAttributespane).Next,createascriptthatusesthatIDasselector.Thenreplaceall

placeholdersinthescriptandputthecontentbackinthetemplate.

Thisissimilartoworkingwithsnippets,butinthiscasetheelementisextractedfromtheactualtem-

plate.

Example: Thefollowingscriptreplacesalloftheplaceholdersonapostcard.Ittakesadvantage

oftheJavaScriptreplace()command.AssumingthattheIDoftheblockthatrequiresper-

sonalizationispromoblock,thescripthastohaveitsselectorsetto#promoblock.

var block = results.html();

var data = record.fields;

block = block.replace('@name@',data.first + ' ' + data.last);

block = block.replace('@address@',data.address);

block = block.replace('@zip@',data.zip);

block = block.replace('@city@',data.city);

block = block.replace('@country@',data.country);

block = block.replace('@saldo@',data.saldo);

block = block.replace('@promo@',data.promo);

block = block.replace('@customercode@', data.customercode);

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results.html(block);

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