EmojiExists ( someText )

Determine if an emoji exists in the specified string

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Erik Shagdar - Show more from this author
NYHTC

Sample input:

EmojiExists ( "a😊b" )

Sample output:

True

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

// EmojiExists ( someText )
// version 1.0.1, Erik Shagdar, NYHTC

/*
	Determine if there is an emoji that exists in the specified text.


NOTE:
	Code function returns the unicode code points of each character. If more than one character is specified, the full ( zero-padded to 5 digits ) string is returned. 


REQUIRES:
	


HISTORY:
	1.0.1 - 2019-05-22 ( eshagdar ): Code function errors out at around 80 chars, so recursively test on chunks of 75 chars.
	1.0 - 2019-05-21 ( eshagdar ): first created.
*/


Let ( [
		chunkSize = 75 ;
		unicodeCharLength = 5 ;
		firstChunk = Left ( someText ; chunkSize ) ;
		remainingText = Right ( someText ; Length ( someText ) - Length ( firstChunk ) )
	] ;
	
	Ceiling ( Length ( Code ( firstChunk ) ) / unicodeCharLength ) ≠ Length ( firstChunk )
	  and 
	EmojiExists ( remainingText )
)

Determine if there is an emoji that exists in the specified text.

Comments

		MrWatson, www.fmworkmate.com May 21, 2019
Nice, simple.

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EmojiExists ( someText )

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