Parse Normalize
form
Completing the Parse tab
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Use the Parse tab to identify the normal form of a text value and to list the values that the normal form will replace.
After you save the Parse Normalize form, click the Run
toolbar button (
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rule. Complete a pop-up dialog by pasting or typing in source
text, Then execute the rule to see the result.
For Parse Normalize rules
created and last saved in releases before V5.4, the layout of
this tab differs slightly, but such rules operate as described
below. If you update or copy such older rules, the tab changes
to the V5.4 format.
Field |
Description |
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| Look For |
Enter a text value to search for in the source text string. To include one or more leading or trailing space characters, surround the search text string with double quotes. (Use only spaces and characters with printable glyphs; you can't use /z notation in this field.) |
| Whole Word |
Select if substitution of the normal form for a text entry on this list is to occur only at word boundaries, including white space (tabs, spaces), line termination, or string termination. For example, if the list contains lack and the source text contains blackstone, substitution does not occur when this box is checked. |
| Ignore Case |
Select to match text in the source string with list entries regardless of case, so that Here matches HERE and hErE. |
| Replace with |
Enter a replacement value for a match. To include one or more leading or trailing space characters, surround the search text string with double quotes. (Use only spaces and characters with printable glyphs; you can't use /z notation in this field.) |
Optionally, specify additional operations to be applied to the result of the search-and-replacement operations defined in the above array.
Field |
Description |
| Text Cleanup | |
| Leading Spaces |
Select to delete any leading space characters from the result. |
| Trailing Spaces |
Select to delete any trailing space characters from the result. |
| Spaces Between Words |
Select to delete all space characters except leading and training spaces. |
| Tabs, Newlines, Carriage Returns |
Select to delete tab characters, newline characters, and carriage return characters. |
| Numeric Digits |
Select to delete all digit characters 0 to 9. |
| All Punctuation |
Select to delete punctuation characters, such as comma, period, and dash. (All characters other than alphabetic characters, digits, and white space are treated as punctuation.) |
| Case Conversion | |
| Conversion Options |
Select:
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Enter zero or more rows to define
search-and-replace operations on the source text value.
Order is significant.