Substitute_with_List ( Text ; substitution_list ; pair_delimiter )

substitute multiple values in a text using a list of substitution pairs.

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Thomas Siebert - Show more from this author
http://www.t-seabird.de

Sample input:

Sample output:

"The dog is running down the road."

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/*
Substitute_with_List ( Text ; substitution_list ; pair_delimiter )

version 6
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Thomas Siebert, 07.06.2016
info@t-seabird.de
www.t-seabird.de
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*/

Let ([
Text = Substitute ( Text ; [ ¶ ; Char (65279) ] ) ;
pair_delimiter = Case ( IsEmpty ( pair_delimiter ) ; ";" ; pair_delimiter ) ;
prepared_list = Substitute ( substitution_list  ;  [ pair_delimiter ; Quote ( ";" ) ] ; [ ¶ ; Quote ( " ] ; [ " ) ] ) ;
create_function = "Substitute ( " & Quote ( Text ) & " ;  [ \"" & prepared_list & "\" ])" 
];

Substitute ( Evaluate ( create_function ) ; [ Char (65279) ; ¶ ] ) 

)

substitute multiple values in a text using a list of substitution pairs.

"cat|dog¶
jumping|running¶
sofa|road"

the standard delimiter is ";". you shall define any other delimiter.

Comments

		Thomas Siebert Jun 6, 2016
the CF seem not to work properly with FMPA 12. (but no problems found with FMPA15) Paragraphs contained by the input text are masked now and demasked in the end.

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Substitute_with_List ( Text ; substitution_list ; pair_delimiter )

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