Update / Calculate Field - how to calculate a field's value so that it is the first word in a field?

Hello

The more I use your platform, the better it gets :)

But might you be able to solve this question?

If a user enters 'Given names' into the field below, I would like to be able to have the 'First name' and 'Other given names' populate automatically.

How might that be possible?

God bless

Marc

Hi there,

If you simply want to pass the entered data in the "Given name" field to another field, then that can be done using the UPDATE/CALCULATE field condition.

Here's a guide: https://www.jotform.com/help/286-how-to-pass-field-value-to-another-field/

I hope this helps. Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Hi Lorenz

Thank you for getting back to me.

Unfortunately, the request is a bit more complex.

For example, if someone enters in the Given names field:

Mark John Anthony

I would like to the First name field to automatically have the name:

Mark

And the Other given names field to then have:

John Anthony

Might this be possible?

God bless

Marc

Hi Marc,

With the short text field unfortunaltey that may not be possible. The only way I can think of is to use the Name field and use the following tags in the Paragraph field to show the entered name.

{yourName:first}

{yourName:last}

With the short text field, it is not possible to separate them. We do have a substring widget that can be used to copy certain characters from the field, for example, the first four characters. But if the first name has more than four characters then the complete name will not get captured.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks

Hi Vick

Thank you for your response.

Interesting workarounds which am thinking through.

God bless

Marc