stefangs Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 i'd like to strip tab characters from a text field. i thought the easiest way to do this would be: Set Field ["textfield", "Substitute (textfield, "tabchar", "")"] but i can't see how to insert the tab character into the above formula. is there a way to do this in native FM, rather than 'export text - process in text program - import'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveOak Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 FM will insert and delete tab characters, the catch is that you have to copy and paste the tab character into a field or calculation in FM so it is available for your replace statements. Copy and Paste will work. On the Mac (were there is more need to strip/replace characters from PC files) there is a neat freeware app called Character Assassin that allows you to specify any ASCII character and copy it to the clipboard. -bd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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