removing special characters through edit type?

[Richard Kreiss]

Top post:

Look at the global edit UNPHONE which removes parenthesis and - from a phone # (212) 555-1212  becomes 2125551212

This was used for sending a phone # to a modem but shows you how do this with an edit.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

Office: 410-653-2813



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> FreeBSD 9.x
> Filepro 5.7.0.4
> 
> I imagine that this question has probably been asked and answered many
> times over the years, but I do not recall seeing it since i joined the
> conversation.
> 
> is there a reasonable method to use an edit type to remove special
> characters ( such as single quote, forward slash and space) from a field?  I
> know I could do this through processing, but I am looking for a blanket
> approach to removing these from entry fields like LAST NANE.  The code
> creates a file system folder for that name (and it fails when you have a last
> name with a character like a single quote).
> 
> If not, what is considered the best approach to dealing with these characters
> (at the system level, as opposed to processing within a single file)?  Thank you
> very much in advance.
> 
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