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Text.InvalidCharactersForEncoding
Checks the text to return all characters which are not preserved when converting text to given text encoding.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | FileMaker iOS SDK |
| Text | 5.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| text | The text to process. | "Hello World" |
| Encoding | The text encoding for the resulting string. Default is native. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
"Latin1" |
Result
Returns text or error.
Description
Checks the text to return all characters which are not preserved when converting text to given text encoding.Returns an empty text if all characters are supported in given encoding. The returned text should have no duplicates, so each character shows only once in the order of first appearance.
Some characters may not be directly supported, but still convert to similar looking characters.
Examples
Check if checkmark is allowed in Latin1:
MBS("Text.InvalidCharactersForEncoding"; "Hello ✔ äöü"; "Latin1" )
Example result: ✔
Checks for characters:
MBS("Text.InvalidCharactersForEncoding"; "μέρος"; "Latin1" )
Example result: μέρος
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Created 14th June 2015, last changed 11st December 2016
Text.FindBetween - Text.JaroWinklerDistance
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