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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.
Like ReplaceLineEndings in Xojo.
This function works on pure text, so any text style is lost.
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.SHA512.HMAC
- Shell.Execute
- Text.AppendTextFile
- Text.EncodeToHTML
- Text.ReadEMLXFile
- Text.ReadTextFile
- Text.RemoveNewLine
- Text.WriteTextFile
- WebHook.SetAutoAnswer
- WebRequest.Send
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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 28th January 2022
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