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Hello comunity,

 

My issue is that when i use the Function replace doesn´t replace some characters properly. The characters are "á", "é" (and all vowels with accent), and the character "ñ". I dont know if exist some way to change the default charset or encoding that Flow use with that Function. I would appreciate a lot any help

 

Thank you in advance.

 

 

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  • v-xida-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @cmellizo ,

    Could you please share a bit more about your issue?

    Do you use the Replace function within PowerApps to replace your characters, or use the replace function of WDL expression in Microsoft Flow to replace your characters?

     

    If you use the replace function of WDL expression in Microsoft Flow to replace your characters, I have made a test on my side, and don't have the issue that you mentioned. Please check the following workaround:8.JPG

    Set the Inputs field of the "Compose" action to following:

    áé+ñ

    Set the Inputs field of the "Compose 2" action to following (replace 'á' with 'K'):

    replace(outputs('Compose'),'á','K')

    The flow works successfully as below:9.JPG

    More details about using expression in flow actions, please check the following blog:

    https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/use-expressions-in-actions/

     

    If you use the Replace function within PowerApps to replace your characters, I have also made a test on my side, and don't have the issue that you mentioned. Please check the following workaround:10.JPG

    Set the Text property of the Label control to following:

    Replace(TextInput1.Text, 1, 1, "K")

    The standard Replace formula format as below:

    Replace( String, StartingPosition, NumberOfCharacters, NewString )

    More details about Replace function, please check the following article:

    Replace function

    In addition, you could also consider take a try to use Substitute() function to achieve your needs. Please set the Text property of the Label control to following:

    Substitute(TextInput1.Text, "á","K")

    The standard formula format as below:

    Substitute( String, OldString, NewString [, InstanceNumber ] )

     

    Best regards,

  • cmellizo Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Thank you for the reply Smiley Happy. I tested your solution but my problem is other. I am using the replace function of WDL, but my specific problem is : first i take the file content of a file in format rtf, inside this content i have special characters like "ñ".  And to use the replace function i must convert the file content from "Object" to string:

     

    Imagen2.png

    But after to do this conversion, something went wrong and all vowels with accent, displayed like this:

     

    Imagen3.png

     

     

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