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SubstituteCaseInsensitive ( text ; searchString ; replaceString )

Works just like FileMaker's Substitute( ) function, but case is ignored.

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/* Purpose: Returns a text string with every occurrence of searchString in text replaced by replaceString in text. Works just like FileMaker's Substitute( ) function, but case is ignored. Returns: Text Parameters: (text) text = The text where you want to substitute the search string with the replace string. (text) searchString = The string to be replaced in the piece of text. (text) replaceString = The string replacing the search string. Dependencies: None 2014-05-16, JH, Created function */ Let( [ // ******GRAB PARAMETERS****** vText = text ; vSearchString = searchString ; vReplaceString = replaceString ; // ******DETERMINE COMPONENTS FOR SUBSTITUTION****** vSearchStringLength = Length( vSearchString ) ; vSearchStringStartPos = Position( vText ; vSearchString ; 1 ; 1 ) ; vSearchStringEndPos = If( vSearchStringStartPos > 0 ; vSearchStringStartPos + vSearchStringLength - 1 ; 0 ) ; vTextLeftOfSearchString = If( vSearchStringStartPos > 0 ; Left( vText ; vSearchStringStartPos - 1 ) ; vText ) ; vTextRightOfSearchString = If( vSearchStringStartPos > 0 ; Right( vText ; Length( vText ) - vSearchStringEndPos ) ; "" ) ; // ******SUBSTITUTE****** vSubstitutedText = vTextLeftOfSearchString & If( vSearchStringStartPos > 0 ; vReplaceString ; "" ) & If( not IsEmpty( vTextRightOfSearchString ) ; substituteCaseInsensitive( vTextRightOfSearchString ; vSearchString ; vReplaceString ) ; "" ) ] ; vSubstitutedText ) Click to copy

Returns a text string with every occurrence of searchString in text replaced by replaceString in text. Works just like FileMaker's Substitute( ) function, but case is ignored.

Good for standardizing the case of a string across multiple records, where the case wasn't previously controlled, such as migrating hand-typed status or category fields from one system to another. Also useful for removing all instances of a string across multiple records, where that string could have variable case.

Example:

"I Do noT liKe them in a box.
I Do Not Like them with a fox
i do nOt likE them in a house
i do not like them with a mouse"

will be changed to:

"I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox
I do not like them in a house
I do not like them with a mouse"

with one call of the SubstituteCaseInsensitive( ) function, where the call is SubstituteCaseInsensitive( theFirstExampleParagraphAbove, "I do not like" ; "I do not like" )

Will replace up to the 1st 10,000 instances of the searchString (based on FileMaker's recursive function call stack limit).

It goes without saying that this function doesn't support the multiple-search-and-replace bracket notation that the native Substitute( ) function supports, as FileMaker doesn't provide the ability to define optional parameters in a custom function.

 

Comments

		Stannis Baratheon, Dragonstone May 16, 2014
It'd be great if this followed FileMakers native syntax allowing for multiple pairs of substitute. SubstituteCaseInsensitive(text;[“a”;“A”];[“b”;“B”])

		Doug Staubach Mar 22, 2015
Nicely done - thank you!

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