clean() Function

Note: Supports US English text only.

Function

clean( text )

Returns the specified text, minus any characters not considered printable. Printable characters are the 95 printable ASCII characters plus three special characters: BACKSPACE (0x08), TAB (0x09), and NEWLINE (0x0a).

See also: cleanwith(), strip()

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
`text`	Text	The text to be "cleaned" for printing purposes.

Returns

Text

Examples

clean("this text needs to be cleaned") returns this text needs to be cleaned

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	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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