Substitute letter I

[PrePressExpress]

Hi,

Im trying to substitute the lower case letter i for the uppercase letter I in a text field.

But i only want the letters to be substituted when the letter i is by itself and not in another word.

Here is an example:

Before: "Hi my name is Ian, i want to substitute text."

After: "Hi my name is Ian, I want to substitute text."

This is for an email field that will change when a user enters the text manually.

I hope that makes sense.

Thanks,

Ian

[Lee Smith]

If I'm understanding you correctly, To change the lowercase i to a capital, you can do this using the Substitute Function

Substitute (yourField; " i "; " I ")

HTH

Lee

BTW, You can use this on the field directly using the Auto Enter by Calculation, and deselecting the "do not replace..... "

Edited June 7, 2010 by Guest

[LaRetta]

As Lee suggests, Substitute() is probably the way to go here.

You could use something like:

Substitute ( text ;

[" i " ; " I " ] ;

[" i." ; " I." ] ;

[" i," ; " I," ] ;

[ " i'l" ; " I'l" ] ;

[ " i'm" ; " I'm" ] ;

[ " i'd" ; " I'd" ] ;

[color:green][ "i'd " ; "I'd " ] ;

[ "i'l " ; "I'l " ] ;

[ "i'm " ; "I'm " ]

)

Edited June 7, 2010 by Guest
Added green. Did I miss any? There are probably more clever ways too.

[Raybaudi]

Hi all

there is even another way but it isn't a calculation: it is a script step to add to a button or to fire with an Event plug-in ( if you are really on 9 ) or with a trigger OnObjectExit:

Perform Find/Replace [ No dialog; "i" ; "I" ; Replace All ( Direction: All ; Match case ; Match whole words only ; Search across: Current record ; Search within: Current field ) ]

[Lee Smith]

Hi Daniele,

The Replace will change every occurrence of the letter i.

Ian was asking to change it only when it was used as a pronoun.

Lee

[Raybaudi]

Hi Lee

"Match whole words only" is the Key :)

[Lee Smith]

Hi Daniele,

I have never used the script step for find and replace, my habit is to use the Substitute Function, or the Menu Replace.

I learned something new today.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Lee

Edited June 7, 2010 by Guest

[LaRetta]

Thanks, Daniele. I admit that I don't use Perform Find/Replace often; in fact, I've only used it a dozen times in several years. Thanks for the reminder that it should remain in our toolkits. :smile2:

Edited June 7, 2010 by Guest

[Raybaudi]

I think that that script step must be revaluated mostly now that we have those beautifull triggers :)

[PrePressExpress]

Hi LaRetta and All,

Thanks so much for the fast responses. Your code is exactly what i was looking for.

It was the spaces that i forgot in my substitute code when i had wrote it.

Something to add to my what not to do list.

Thanks for all of the help!!!

Best regards,

Ian