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kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12 

I need to remove Special characters and display string

Hi all,

I don't want to display special character in a field.
suppose i have one field in that field values are : A & B
But I need output  A and B like this.
I created a class but it's not working Please help me.

public class CommonFunctions {
    public void RemovingSpecialCharacters(){
        List<case> listcase = new  List<case>();
        String specialCharacters = '&';
        if(listcase.Notes__c.Contains('/&')){
            listcase.Notes__c = 'And';
            }        
    }
}
Best Answer chosen by kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12
ManojjenaManojjena
Hi Kumar ,

can you tell me the line number from which you are getting error .

Please check below code in console it is working .
  
String str='MANOJ&SAROJ';
String strr=str.replace('&','and');
System.debug(strr);

Thanks 
Manoj

All Answers

ManojjenaManojjena
Hi Kumar,

You need to remove only & with And ?
kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12
Hi Manoj,

I need to Remove & after i need to add AND.

Thanks
ManojjenaManojjena
HI Kumar ,

Try with below code it will help ,

I have used replace method of string class ,which takes two parameter first once which wnat to replace second one which you wnat to replace with .
  
public class CommonFunctions {
    public void RemovingSpecialCharacters(){
        List<case> listcase = new  List<case>();
         if(listcase.Notes__c.Contains('&')){
            listcase.Notes__c.replace('&','And'); 
            }        
    }
}

Let me know any issue 

Thnaks 
Manoj
kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12
This error coming
Initial term of field expression must be a concrete SObject: List&lt;Case&gt;
boBNunnyboBNunny
Try the below.  As long as it's not over 32K, it should work.

public class CommonFunctions {

    public void RemovingSpecialCharacters(){
         List<case> listcase = new  List<case>();
         if(string.valueOf(listcase.Notes__c).Contains('&')){
            listcase.Notes__c = string.valueOf(listcase.Notes__c).replace('&','And');
         }       
   }
}
kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12
Hi boBNunny,
I am getting same above error.
Thanks
 
ManojjenaManojjena
Hi Kumar ,

can you tell me the line number from which you are getting error .

Please check below code in console it is working .
  
String str='MANOJ&SAROJ';
String strr=str.replace('&','and');
System.debug(strr);

Thanks 
Manoj
This was selected as the best answer
boBNunnyboBNunny
You should put the specific code in developer console and then give the debug for the specific line in question.  I just did it with the below, and it works fine.  What kind of field is "notes__c"?

LIST<Case> caseLIST = [select ID, Description from Case LIMIT 1];
caseLIST[0].Description = string.valueOf(caseLIST[0].Description).replace('&', 'And');
system.debug(caseLIST);
kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12kumar.fdc81.3902978579608325E12
Thanks Manoj..
prashant singh 169prashant singh 169
you can use regular expression to remove the Special characters
 
Bhuvaneswari DeviBhuvaneswari Devi
Can anyone please tell me that how to count how many integers/characters/special characters in the declared functfunctin
Ex.devi@123bhuvana
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Hi Manoj,

I tried the below code.

public class CommonFunctions {
public void RemovingSpecialCharacters(){
List<case> listcase = new List<case>();
if(listcase.Notes__c.Contains('&')){
listcase.Notes__c.replace('&','And');
} } } 

I'm getting error "variable not found"

any solution