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I am looking to create a function that will accept a string and only return the alpha/numeric values, except for dashes all special characters should get stripped out.
So instead of having to use the following
P.S. If possible, would prefer to have the 2nd variable of the function (the one holding the dash) capable of managing more than one character as an exception, so I can send "_,-,' ') and all 3 of them would be considered valid characters, not getting stripped out.
Thanks
I am looking to create a function that will accept a string and only return the alpha/numeric values, except for dashes all special characters should get stripped out.
So instead of having to use the following
fieldName = Left(Replace(Replace(Replace(Mid(ColumnName, 2, Len(ColumnName) - 2), " ", ""), "&", ""), "+", ""), 32)
MyReplace(sTrVar,"_")
P.S. If possible, would prefer to have the 2nd variable of the function (the one holding the dash) capable of managing more than one character as an exception, so I can send "_,-,' ') and all 3 of them would be considered valid characters, not getting stripped out.
Thanks
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