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Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:41 pm**

Anyone have a quick answer for this one?

In my data there are a lot of ' (feet) and " (inches) and I have been replacing those in order to save to my database. How do I replace those replacements in a Data Grid so that it looks normal?

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:26 pm**

Hi.

You can always substitute an invisible char for each one. These will not be seen, but are there nonetheless, and can always be referenced when you want to reinstate the originals. Maybe, depending on your machine and OS, numToCha(1) or numToChar(24)?

You would, of course, do something like:

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replace quote in yourText with numToChar(24)

and vice-versa.

If the issue is that quotes delimit text in LC, then generically, you can substitute curly quotes for ordinary ones. These will not be seen as "delimiters" by LC. For the single quote, perhaps numToChar(212)?

Craig Newman

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replace "A" with "B" in group "DataGrid 1"

replace "A" with "B" in group "DataGrid 1"

Re: replace "A" with "B" in group "DataGrid 1"