Extract function removes some unicode

RE: Extract function removes some unicode

aksharc — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:16:51 GMT

Yeah! I thought so. So, the question would be, is it an expected behavior?

RE: Extract function removes some unicode

Carlos Santander — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:42:33 GMT

It seems like it's doing HTML replacement. If you try:

extract( "This is a text with < and some other stuff", "with", "some" )

, you'll get

< and

RE: Extract function removes some unicode

aksharc — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:40:06 GMT

Thanks ramanjaneyulut and amanit.

So just to clarify, if there is an & (that is "&", "amp", and ";" together) in the text, if we use extract, it will change it to "&"?

RE: Extract function removes some unicode

amanit — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:40:25 GMT

aksharc

Even I agree with ramanjaneyulut. Its giving the result as per documentation.

RE: Extract function removes some unicode

Rama Thummala — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:30:59 GMT

aksharc , it is giving correct result only.. as per documentation...extract()

RE: Extract function removes some unicode

aksharc — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:19:55 GMT

community.appian.com/.../AppianExtract.txt

Ummm. So, in the Text string, there is & amp ; instead of just &. That value is somehow removed because of the rich text display. I am adding Text file for the example.