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Error processing email body when using velocity script in Marketo

I'm trying to add an email script token that will take only part of the string BEFORE the opening parenthesis. So the string is "Hello (www.google.com)" then I only want "Hello".

This is for use in a Marketo email.

The code that I'm trying to use is:

#set ( $index = ${lead.zasset}.indexOf('(') )
#set ( $asset = ${lead.zasset}.substring(0, ${index}) )
${asset}
#end

But instead of it showing "Hello", it's giving me this error message:

"Cannot get email content- An error occurred when procesing the email Body!

Lexical error, Encountered: "i" (105), after : "." at unset[line 327, column 125] near

</div> </div> <div class="spacer" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;height:30px;font-size:30px;line-height:30px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0"

Any help would be much appreciated!

Solution

  • Try:

    #set ( $index = ${lead.zasset.indexOf('(')} )
#set ( $asset = ${lead.zasset.substring(0, $index)} )
$asset
#end

    You only need the formal notation ${...} when there are ambiguous characters around, and its curly braces should contain the whole expression.