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The STRTRAN() function will search <expC1> or <memofield> and replace text within <expC1> or <memofield> with <expC3> wherever the occurrence of <expC2> is found. The optional <expN1> specifies the start position for the search in <expC1>. If this is not specified then the default is 1. The optional <expN2> specifies the number of occurrences of <expC2> to replace with <expC3>. If this is not specified, then all occurrences starting from <expN1> are replaced. This function can be used to remove blank spaces in character strings. The STRTRAN() function returns a character expression that contains the result of the string translation. | The STRTRAN() function will search <expC1> or <memofield> and replace text within <expC1> or <memofield> with <expC3> wherever the occurrence of <expC2> is found. The optional <expN1> specifies the start position for the search in <expC1>. If this is not specified then the default is 1. The optional <expN2> specifies the number of occurrences of <expC2> to replace with <expC3>. If this is not specified, then all occurrences starting from <expN1> are replaced. This function can be used to remove blank spaces in character strings. The STRTRAN() function returns a character expression that contains the result of the string translation. | ||
| − | + | {| class="wikitable" | |
| + | !Character||HTML Entity | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |" || " | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |& || & | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |' || ' | ||
| + | |_ | ||
| + | |< || < | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |> || > | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
==Example== | ==Example== | ||
<code lang="recital"> | <code lang="recital"> | ||
Revision as of 15:18, 16 February 2010
Purpose
Function to return a string from a character string or memo field where qualifying characters have been replaced with their html entity equivalents
Syntax
HTML_ENTITIES(<expC> | <memofield>)
See Also
AT(), ATNEXT(), CHRTRAN(), HTML_ENTITY_DECODE(), INLIST(), LEFT(), OCCURS(), RAT(), RIGHT(), STR(), STR_REPLACE(), STREXTRACT(), STRTRAN(), STUFF(), SUBSTR()
Description
The STRTRAN() function will search <expC1> or <memofield> and replace text within <expC1> or <memofield> with <expC3> wherever the occurrence of <expC2> is found. The optional <expN1> specifies the start position for the search in <expC1>. If this is not specified then the default is 1. The optional <expN2> specifies the number of occurrences of <expC2> to replace with <expC3>. If this is not specified, then all occurrences starting from <expN1> are replaced. This function can be used to remove blank spaces in character strings. The STRTRAN() function returns a character expression that contains the result of the string translation.
| Character | HTML Entity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| " | " | |||
| & | & | |||
| ' | ' | _ | < | < |
| > | > |
Example
? strtran("Hello World", "ello", "i") Hi World
Products
Recital Server, Recital
