https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/how-to-convert-null-to-empty-in-globalmap-get/m-p/2358499#M123513 <P>This should be an easy one for people here, I am just not experienced enough to figure this out.</P><P>When using tFTPPut to output a file I am calling the new name (String)globalMap.get("file_prefix") + (String)globalMap.get("file_name") + ".pgp" .</P><P>In some cases though file_prefix is null but in those cases the file name is actually being written as nullFileName.pgp . What function can I put around the first string portion to not make it put anything there as I thought it would. To be clear, it is putting the string "null" and this is a context variable that is left empty.</P> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 18:30:45 GMT SIrving1689772775 2023-09-05T18:30:45Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/how-to-convert-null-to-empty-in-globalmap-get/m-p/2358499#M123513 <P>This should be an easy one for people here, I am just not experienced enough to figure this out.</P><P>When using tFTPPut to output a file I am calling the new name (String)globalMap.get("file_prefix") + (String)globalMap.get("file_name") + ".pgp" .</P><P>In some cases though file_prefix is null but in those cases the file name is actually being written as nullFileName.pgp . What function can I put around the first string portion to not make it put anything there as I thought it would. To be clear, it is putting the string "null" and this is a context variable that is left empty.</P> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 18:30:45 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/how-to-convert-null-to-empty-in-globalmap-get/m-p/2358499#M123513 SIrving1689772775 2023-09-05T18:30:45Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/how-to-convert-null-to-empty-in-globalmap-get/m-p/2358500#M123514 <P>Hello @Stuart Irving​&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Try the following:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P> (((String)globalMap.get("file_prefix")) != null? ((String)globalMap.get("file_prefix")) : "REPLACEMENT") + (String)globalMap.get("file_name") + ".pgp"</P> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:27:04 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/how-to-convert-null-to-empty-in-globalmap-get/m-p/2358500#M123514 anselmopeixoto 2023-09-05T20:27:04Z