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Text.FilterASCII
Filters text to ASCII.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK | License |
| Text | 10.4 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | Free |
Parameters
| 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.
Examples
Test with a lot of special characters:
MBS( "Text.FilterASCII"; "` ‘ ’ • \¶ ¨ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ ¼ ½ ¾ ⅓ ⅔ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚ ⅐ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ⅑ ⅒ ↉"; "?")
Example result: "` ' ' * ? ? A A A A A A AE C E E E E I I I I D N O O O O O O U U U U Y P s a a a a a a ae c e e e e i i i i d n o o o o o o u u u u y p y 1/4 1/2 3/4 1/3 2/3 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 1/6 5/6 1/7 1/8 3/8 5/8 7/8 1/9 1/10 0/3"
See also
Release notes
- Version 12.2
- Updated Text.FilterASCII, Text.RemoveAccents and Text.RemoveAccentsCaseInsensitive functions to recognize more characters like ½.
- Version 10.4
- Added Text.FilterASCII function.
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Created 8th September 2020, last changed 29th April 2022
Text.FileExtensionToMimeType - Text.FilterUTF16
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