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SanitizeFieldName ( Field )

Return result of GetFieldName() and add "${" and "}" to field name if needed.

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

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/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SanitizeFieldName ( Field ) 2019.04.26, Koji Takeuchi <takeuchi@nemoux.com> description: Return result of GetFieldName() and add "${" and "}" to field name if needed. Params: Field Field reference Example: SanitizeFieldName ( customer::nameLast ) -> "customer::nameLast" SanitizeFieldName ( customer::${nameFirst(foobar)} ) -> "customer::${nameFirst(foobar)}" ex1: Set Variable [ $FQFN ; Value: GetFieldName ( customer::${nameFirst(foobar)} ) ] -> $FQFN = "customer::nameFirst(foobar)" GetField ( $FQFN ) -> ? ex2: Set Variable [ $FQFN ; Value: SanitizeFieldName ( customer::${nameFirst(foobar)} ) ] -> $FQFN = "customer::${nameFirst(foobar)}" GetField ( $FQFN ) -> value of "nameFirst(foobar)" field. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ Let ( [ _FQFN = GetFieldName ( Field ) ; _SPLIT = Substitute ( _FQFN ; "::" ; ¶ ) ; _NAMETO = GetValue ( _SPLIT ; 1 ) ; _NAMEFIELD = GetValue ( _SPLIT ; 2 ) ; _RESULT = Case ( not IsEmpty ( Filter ( _NAMEFIELD ; "(),+-*/^&=≠><[]\";:$" ) ) ; _NAMETO & "::${" & _NAMEFIELD & "}" ; _FQFN ) ] ; _RESULT ) Click to copy

SanitizeFieldName ( customer::nameLast )
-> "customer::nameLast"
SanitizeFieldName ( customer::${nameFirst(foobar)} )
-> "customer::${nameFirst(foobar)}"

ex1:
Set Variable [ $FQFN ; Value: GetFieldName ( customer::${nameFirst(foobar)} ) ]
-> $FQFN = "customer::nameFirst(foobar)"
GetField ( $FQFN )
-> ?

ex2:
Set Variable [ $FQFN ; Value: SanitizeFieldName ( customer::${nameFirst(foobar)} ) ]
-> $FQFN = "customer::${nameFirst(foobar)}"
GetField ( $FQFN )
-> value of "nameFirst(foobar)" field.

 

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