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Text.ReplaceNewline
Replaces newline characters.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Text | 2.4 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
(old name: String.ReplaceNewline)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | The text to process. | "Hello World" | |
| Mode | The operation mode. First a value for the output newline type: 0 = nothing, 1 = CR (Mac), 2 = LF (Unix), 3 = CRLF (Windows), 4 = <br> for html, 5 = <br /> for xml. Second you can add 8 to remove duplicate newlines. | ||
| Wrap | Optional whether to wrap lines longer than given number of characters. Default is 0 for no wrap. | 80 | Optional |
Result
Text with modified newline characters.
Description
Replaces newline characters.Can remove, convert to Mac, Windows and Linux specific end of line characters. Also can remove duplicates.
FileMaker uses Mac line endings on all platforms.
Examples
Remove newlines from field:
MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; Test Database::TextField; 0 )
Replaces newlines from field with Mac newlines:
MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; Test Database::TextField; 1 )
Replaces newlines from field with Mac newlines and remove duplicates:
MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; Test Database::TextField; 1+8 )
Write UTF-8 CRLF file:
Set Variable [ $text ; Value: "Joe,1234 Main St.¶John Glen,3132 Elm¶Johnson,5233 Wreybird¶Ray,263 Birch¶äöü" ]
Set Variable [ $path ; Value: "/Users/cs/Desktop/test.txt" ]
Set Variable [ $text ; Value: MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; $text; 3) // CRLF ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "Text.WriteTextFile"; $text; $path; "UTF8" ) ]
See also
- Hash.SHA256
- Hash.SHA512.HMAC
- SendMail.SetHTMLText
- Shell.Execute
- Shell.ReadOutputText
- Text.AppendTextFile
- Text.ReadEMLXFile
- Text.ReadTextFile
- Text.RemoveNewLine
- Text.WriteTextFile
Example Databases
- Barcode/EPC-QR-Code
- Barcode/Swiss QR-Code for invoices/ISO20022 QR v2.0
- Barcode/Swiss QR-Code for invoices/Swiss QR-Code for invoices ISO 20022
- CURL/CURL Low Level Sockets
- CURL/Email/Build and send HTML Email with inline graphics
- DynaPDF/Create PDF with sum form field
- Network/HTTP Server local
- RunTask/Run Shell Script on Mac
- Shell/Shell
- WebViewer/TinyMCE/TinyMCE
Blog Entries
- Generate EPC-QR-Code in FileMaker
- Import CSV with Matrix functions
- FileMaker 18 File Script Steps vs. BinaryFile functions
- Text to Webviewer Script for FileMaker
- Email Script for FileMaker
- Tips for FileMaker Data Migration Tool
- Execute defaults command with Shell functions
- QR Codes for Invoices in Switzerland
- Upload email to Sent folder via IMAP
- Convert to MP3 with new Shell commands and ffmpeg
FileMaker Magazin
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 3th August 2017
Text.ReplaceAll - Text.Serialize
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