This post function formats the current value of a text field using a set of formatting operations.
Configuration
Select the field to be formatted.
Select whether to edit blanks (or whitespaces). The following options are available (multiple choice is possible):
- Remove all leading white spaces
- Remove all trailing white spaces
- Leave only one white space between words
- Remove all white spaces in the text
Select whether to edit cases. The following options are available:
- Do nothing
- Convert all the characters to lower case
- Convert all the characters to upper case
- Capitalize all the white space separated words
Define whether you want to find and replace parts of the text.
You first have to define the fragments that you want to replace and afterwards specify the replacement. Both parameters can be specified using an expression in Basic text mode.
Find mode
Option | Description |
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Text (case sensitive) | The text to be replaced must exactly match, respecting the case. |
Text (ignoring case) | The text to be replaced must match but the case will be ignored. |
Regular expression (case sensitive) | Specify the text to be replaced by a regular expression, respecting the case. |
Regular expression (ignoring case) | Specify the text to be replaced by a regular expression, ignoring the case. |
Replace mode
Option | Description |
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Replace first occurrence | Only the first occurrence of the text will be replaced. |
Replace all occurrences | All occurrences of the text will be replaced. |
The result of the logical expression must return a boolean value of either:
true
→ the post function will be executedfalse
→ the post function will not be executed
Using the conditional operator, even complex or multi-layered conditions can be constructed.
Make sure to learn more about defining logical expressions and browse through the various examples here: Logical mode
Use cases and examples
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