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Text.FilterUTF16

Filters text to UTF-16.

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MBS( "Text.FilterUTF16"; Text { ; Replacement } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
Text The text to process. "Hello 😀 World"
Replacement Replacement text for invalid characters.
Default is empty.		 "[emoji]" Optional

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Filters text to UTF-16.
Removes all UTF-32 characters which can't fit into UTF-16.
Normally UTF-32 range characters exceeding the UTF-16 range are stored as two characters in UTF-16.
This function removes those for software, which may not handle them correctly.

Examples

Remove emojis:

MBS( "Text.FilterUTF16"; "Hello 😀 World"; "[emoji]" )

Example result: "Hello [emoji] World"

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Release notes

Created 20th June 2019, last changed 20th June 2019


Text.FilterASCII   -   Text.FindBetween

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