strip() Function

Supports US English text only.

Function

strip( text )

Returns the provided text, minus any characters considered printable. Printable characters are the 95 printable ASCII characters plus three special characters: BACKSPACE (0x08), TAB (0x09), and NEWLINE (0x0a).

See also: stripwith(), clean()

Parameters

Keyword Type Description

text

Text

The text to be "stripped" for printing purposes.

Returns

Text

Examples

strip("this text is stripped") returns [empty result]

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.
Feature Compatibility Note
Portals Compatible
Offline Mobile Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields Compatible

Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.

Real-Time Custom Record Fields Incompatible
Process Reports Compatible
Process Events Compatible
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