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164 FileMaker Functions Reference
GetAsURLEncoded
Format
GetAsURLEncoded(text)
Parameter
text - any text expression or text field
Data type returned
text
Description
Returns text as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) encoding, for use as a URL. Removes
all styles from text.
All characters are first converted to UTF-8 format. Characters that are neither letters nor
digits, or digits that are in the upper ASCII range, are converted to %HH format (a percent
sign followed by the character’s hexadecimal value).
See the following website for more information on URL encoding:
http://www.w3.org
Examples
GetAsURLEncoded("Hello") returns Hello
GetAsURLEncoded("San Francisco") returns San%20Francisco
GetAsURLEncoded("français") returns fran%c3%a7ais
GetValue
Format
GetValue(listOfValues;valueNumber)
Parameter
listOfValues - a list of carriage return-delimited values
valueNumber - the value to return from the list
Data type returned
text