Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Text.FilterASCII

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Text.FilterASCII

Filters text to ASCII.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Text	10.4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Text.FilterASCII"; Text { ; Replacement } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Text The text to process. "Hello 😀 Wörld"

Replacement Replacement text for invalid characters.
Default is empty. "?" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Text	The text to process.	"Hello 😀 Wörld"
Replacement	Replacement text for invalid characters. Default is empty.	"?"	Optional

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Filters text to ASCII.
Removes all non ASCII characters which can't fit into 7bit.
This function removes those for software, which may not handle them correctly.
We convert 23 variants of curly quotes into ASCII quotes.

See also Text.RemoveControlCharacters and Text.RemoveAccents functions.

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Release notes

Version 10.4
- Added Text.FilterASCII function.

Created 8th September 2020, last changed 15th September 2020

Text.FileExtensionToMimeType - Text.FilterUTF16

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