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Power Automate - Building Flows
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Converting from unicode to utf-8

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Posted on 27 Sep 2018 08:44:29 by 7

Hi all,

 

I have a task - need to convert data in string variable with specific symbols to string variable in utf-8.

I have:

'something-like-āģņ'

Need to be converted to:

'something-like-agn'

I have checked https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/workflow-definition-language-functions-reference and tried to find similar problems in internet, but without success.

Is there there a function or a way to achieve that?

 

  • StefanL Profile Picture
    12 on 02 Jun 2021 at 14:45:14
    Re: Converting from unicode to utf-8

    Looking for a solution myself as well, I have come across several posts about the same issue, but not one solution. For an unknown reason, the replace function does not have the desired effect (situation 2nd June 2021)

  • Igors Profile Picture
    7 on 28 Sep 2018 at 11:32:16
    Re: Converting from unicode to utf-8

    Hi @v-yamao-msft,

     

    Thanks for clarification on existing function.

     

    So maybe there is a nice workaround on how to solve this task?

    My idea was to go thrue each symbol, compare if it is "special" (luckily there are only 11 possible cases) and replace with proper one. But then I have problem on - how to get array from string, where each string element is a separate array ellement.

    I have:

    "abcde"

    I want:

    [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]

    Any ideas?

  • v-yamao-msft Profile Picture
    on 28 Sep 2018 at 08:18:54
    Re: Converting from unicode to utf-8

    Hi @Igors,

     

    It seems that there is no available function can be used to convert a string variable with specific symbols to string variable in utf-8.

    If you need this feature, please consider submitting your idea on Flow Ideas Forum:

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

     

    Best regards,

    Mabel Mao

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