From_utf

String functions from_utf

syntax

• from_utf(string_dataitem)

definition

from_utf(string_dataitem) results in the conversion from string Argument string_dataitem, utf8 encoded, to the basic ASCII character set (first 128 codes).

The last column in the example presents the resulting character for each special character.

description

The from_utf function can be used in string comparisons, for instance to compare addresses in which special characters can be ignored.

applies to

data items with string Value type

conditions

Argument string_dataitem must be utf8 encoded (default).

since version

7.130

example

attribute<string> from_utf (TextDomain) := from_utf(a);

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	from_utf
À	Á	Â	Ä	Ã	Å	Æ	A
à	á	â	ä	ã	å	æ	a
Ç							C
ç							c
È	É	Ê	Ë				E
è	é	ê	ë				e
Ì	Í	Î	Ï				I
ì	í	î	ï	ï			i
Ñ							N
ñ							n
Ò	Ó	Ô	Ö	Õ	Ø	Œ	O
ò	ó	ô	ö	õ	ø	œ	o
Ù	Ú	Û	Ü				U
ù	ú	û					u
Ý							Y
ý	ÿ						y

TextDomain, nr of rows = 16