The reason I need to do this is to get the correct file name because Appsheet seems to automatically substitute ’ with - for some reason when creating a PDF giving rise to a mismatch in the physical file and the original filename
[How to Extract an Apostrophe ' from text](https://community.appsheet.com/t/how-to-extract-an-apostrophe-from-text/14005) Questions
When trying to remove an apostrophe from this text: [Dimensions] = “100’” using this formula SUBSTITUTE([Dimensions], “'”, “”) I get this error: UNTERMINATED STRING Is there a way for appsheet to not interpret the ’ as a single quote? An escape character or something? Another oddity, If I add a space after the apostrophe, then it clears the error. Very curious behavior??? SUBSTITUTE([Dimensions], "’ ", “”)
It is definitely a bug. As I understand it, the expression parser is an external library, and fixing this bug would require patching the library, which isn’t desirable.
[How to prefix a single quote in a CONCATENATE?](https://community.appsheet.com/t/how-to-prefix-a-single-quote-in-a-concatenate/32916) Questions
CONCATENATE(“’”, [Some column]) You will get an error saying “Number of opened and closed parentheses does not match.” If you introduce any text around single quote, the error go away. Example, "’ " (space behind the single quote) However, I just need a single quote. Is it a bug? Some background. When you add a phone number with a prefix “+” sign like +1234545 via typing in a column, AppSheet will automatically add a single quote prefix in the google sheet cell. However, if you are setting…
[Quotation marks in a text string](https://community.appsheet.com/t/quotation-marks-in-a-text-string/282) Questions
In other languages, you can include quotation marks in a text string by surrounding the string with the opposite marking, i.e. single quotes around double quotes, or double quotes around single quotes. Appsheet does not seem to like this. I’m trying to use 6", as in “six inch”, in an expression. I’ve tried ‘6"’, text(6"), text(‘6"’), to no avail. Is Appsheet capable of handling this, and if so, how? Specifically I’m trying to see if 6" is in a list of text items: IN( text(6") , [column])
It is definitely a bug. As I understand it, the expression parser is an external library, and fixing this bug would require patching the library, which isn’t desirable.> > @natalie, can you share any insight here?
Austin_Lambeth:
That sounds like a might break other formulas event which I would definitely rather not have.
Yes, fixing the issue is nontrivial due to reasons mentioned above. Please continue to use the suggested workarounds, eg, replace where you intend to use "'" with TRIM("' "). Thanks!