Velocity script adding a space before my URL

[Eoin_Lyons1]

Hi, 

I don't fully understand the code below, but am hoping someone who does can tell me why there's a space being inserted before my URL when I apply this script token to an email.

Thanks!

#set($Calendly = $display.alt($OpportunityList.get(0).Calendly_OC_Checkin__c.trim(),""))

#if(   
  $Calendly.isEmpty() ||    
  $Calendly.indexOf(" ") == 1 
)
https://calendly.com/welcome-to-bench/account-check-in##  
#else
#set($Calendly = $Calendly.trim())
  $display.capitalize($Calendly.toLowerCase())## 
#end‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[SanfordWhiteman]

Line 2 is whitespace. Velocity doesn't insert whitespace, but it always *preserves* whitespace.

[Eoin_Lyons1]

Hey Sanford - that's good to know. What's the best way to get rid of it? I deleted this line and even mashed it together so it read like

__c.trim(),""))#if(

... but neither worked

[SanfordWhiteman · Accepted solution]

You've got leading whitespace as well when you use the fallback value (check that indent on line 10). This code has no extraneous printable whitespace:

#set( $Calendly = $display.alt( $OpportunityList.get(0).Calendly_OC_Checkin__c.trim(),"" ) )
#if(   
  $Calendly.isEmpty() ||    
  $Calendly.indexOf(" ") == 1 
)
https://calendly.com/welcome-to-bench/account-check-in##
#else
#set( $Calendly = $Calendly.trim() )
$display.capitalize( $Calendly.toLowerCase() )##
#end‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Note how there are spaces inside the parens. That's totally fine (and necessary to stay sane when coding) because it's not printable.

[Katie_Owens]

I've got a similar problem Sanford Whiteman, a space is always added after the scripted token - can you see any reason why? 

#if( ${OpportunityList.get(0).Account_Owner_Phone__c} )
 ${OpportunityList.get(0).Account_Owner_Phone__c}
#else
  1-877-000-0000
#end‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[SanfordWhiteman]

Make sure there aren't any trailing spaces on line 2 or line 4, and that there aren't extra blank lines after what you've posted.

[Katie_Owens]

No extra spaces in the script, but the extra space after is something that we see in practically every scripted token we use. 

[SanfordWhiteman]

So are there any blank lines at the end (those are line breaks, which HTML prints as a space)?

[Katie_Owens]

No blank lines either, ends at line 5.

[SanfordWhiteman]

This isn't coming from Velocity, then. Like I said, Velocity is space-preserving, but it doesn't create any new spaces that don't already appear in the token.

[Eoin_Lyons1]

This was really helpful and the code worked, thanks for your help on this!

[SanfordWhiteman]

OK, mark as Correct if you can, thanks!