$oldstring:=Char(92) $newString:=Char(Quote)
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:24:09 +0000, Peter Mew wrote: > Hi > I am importing some text, which appears to have apostrophes at various > points in the text file. > Investigation shows that some of these characters evaluate to "'"and others > to "\'92" > I would like to change them all to char(39) > but this expression does not work > > Repeat > RECEIVE PACKET($importref;$receiveVar;Char(10)) > > $oldString:="\\'92" > $newString:="'" > $ReceiveVar:=Replace string($ReceiveVar;$oldString;$NewString) > > > APPEND TO ARRAY(ImportArray;$receiveVar) > Until (OK=0) > > double \\ to escape the single \ > any ideas how I can make this work? > thanks > -pm > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************

