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Removing accents

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in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)

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  • Newbies

Hi folks - is there any way I can get FM to remove accents and other diacritic marks from characters. ie changing é to e

Regards

Edited by Guest

Try:

Substitute (textField; "é"; "e")

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  • Newbies

That seems to work fine, thanks. How do I extend it to change other characters?

ie:

Substitute (textField; "é"; "e")

Substitute (textField; "è"; "e")

Substitute (textField; "ü"; "u")

Substitute (textField; "î"; "i")

Substitute (textField; "ä"; "a")

I've tried this and it tells me 'An operator is expected here'

Thanks

Nest the substitute functions...

Substitute ( Substitute ( Substitute ( Substitute ( Substitute ( textField ; "é" ; "e") ; "è"; "e") ; "ü" ; "u") ; "î" ; "i") ; "ä" ; "a" )

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  • Newbies

Thanks - works a treat

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