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antiFilter (textToFilter ; filterAllow ; filterSubChar ; start ; stop ; textBuilt )

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Michael Rauch, ShopWorks
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replace any character not specified in the allowed list with the substitute character

Sample Input:
code.999-999-9999
Sample Output:
code 999 999 9999


 Then copy & paste into FileMaker Advanced's Edit Custom Function window.

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Description:

The impetus for the custom function was to have a way to override FileMaker's built in word separators when using LeftWords (and other word evaluation functions). This tail recursive function will build a new string, substituting any non-allowed characters with the substitute character.

A call would look something like this...

Let(
[
textToFilter = TO::someField;
filterAllow = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
]
;
cf_AntiFilter (textToFilter ; filterAllow ; " " ; 1 ; Length (textToFilter) ; "")
)

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