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FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 218
Format
Quote(text)
Parameters
text - any text expression or field
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 7.0
Description
This function protects text from being evaluated by the Evaluate function. Special characters
within
text are escaped appropriately.
Examples
Quote(“hello”) returns “hello”.
Quote(“abc\¶”) returns “abc\¶”.
Quote(“say \”hello\” fred”) returns “say \”hello\” fred”.
Evaluate(Quote(“1 + 2”)) returns 1 + 2.
Evaluate(“1 + 2&” & Quote(“ - 1 + 2”)) returns 3 - 1 + 2.
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Functions reference (alphabetical list)
Replace
Purpose
Replaces a string of characters in text with replacementText.
Format
Replace(text;start;numberOfCharacters;replacementText)
Parameters
text - any text expression or text field
start - any numeric expression or field containing a number representing the starting position in
text
numberOfCharacters - any numeric expression or field containing a number representing the
number of characters to remove from text
replacementText - any text expression or field containing the text to replace in the original string