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RemoveEmptyValues ( Text )

Remove empty lines of return-seperated text.

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Koji Takeuchi - Show more from this author TonicNote, Inc. https://tonicnote.com

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/* RemoveEmptyValues ( Text ) 2011.03.25, Koji Takeuchi <takeuchi@nemoux.com> description: Remove empty lines of return-seperated text. ex. Text = source text "A¶¶¶B¶C¶" or List ( TO::Field ) or ValueListItems ( Get ( FileName ) ; "ValueListName" ) RemoveEmptyValues ( "A¶¶¶B¶C¶" ) -> "A¶B¶C" */ Let ( [ Text = Substitute ( Text ; "¶¶" ; "¶" ) ; Text = Case ( Left ( Text ; 1 ) = "¶" ; Right ( Text ; Length ( Text ) - 1 ) ; Text ) ; Text = Case ( Right ( Text ; 1 ) = "¶" ; Left ( Text ; Length ( Text ) - 1 ) ; Text ) ] ; Case ( PatternCount ( Text ; "¶¶" ) > 0 ; RemoveEmptyValues ( Text ) ; Left ( Text ; 1 ) = "¶" and Right ( Text ; 1 ) = "¶" ; Middle ( Text ; 2 ; Length ( Text ) - 2 ) ; Left ( Text ; 1 ) = "¶" ; Right ( Text ; Length ( Text ) - 1 ) ; Right ( Text ; 1 ) = "¶" ; Left ( Text ; Length ( Text ) - 1 ) ; Text ) ) Click to copy

RemoveEmptyValues ( Text )
2011.03.25, Koji Takeuchi


description:
Remove empty lines of return-seperated text.
ex.
Text = source text
"A¶¶¶B¶C¶" or
List ( TO::Field ) or
ValueListItems ( Get ( FileName ) ; "ValueListName" )

RemoveEmptyValues ( "A¶¶¶B¶C¶" )
-> "A¶B¶C"

 

Comments

		Martin Mar 31, 2011
Can also be done with the CF "RemoveExtraReturns ( text ): http://www.briandunning.com/cf/11 Regards, Martin

		Koji Takeuchi, TonicNote, Inc. Mar 31, 2011
Duplicated! Thanks, Martin. Sorry for lazy to searching, but I leave this here to just offering a variation :)

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