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@escapeTextForFind_v4

Escape Text For Find

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

// @escapeTextForFind_v4 // param: text // Char 92 AKA \ is used to escape chars including itself Substitute ( text ; [ Char ( 92 ); Char ( 92 ) & Char ( 92 ) ] ; [ "!" ; "\!" ] ; [ "\"" ; Char ( 92 ) & "\"" ] ; [ "#" ; "\#" ] ; [ "*" ; "\*" ] ; [ "<" ; "\<" ] ; [ "=" ; "\=" ] ; [ ">" ; "\>" ] ; [ "?" ; "\?" ] ; [ "@" ; "\@" ] ; [ "~" ; "\~" ] ; [ "¶" ; "\¶" ] ; [ "…" ; "\…" ] ; [ "≤" ; "\≤" ] ; [ "≥" ; "\≥" ] ; [ " " ; "\ " ] ; [ "." ; "\." ] ) Click to copy

There seem to be many chars that need escaping when you are searching for text that contains them. There might be more?

 

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