<@KEEP>

Syntax

<@KEEP STR=string CHARS=char [ENCODING=encoding]>

Description

Returns the string specified in STR stripped of all characters except those specified in CHARS. The operation of this meta tag is case sensitive. To retain both upper and lower case variations of a character include both characters in the CHARS.

Each of the attributes to <@KEEP> may include both literal values and meta tags that return values.

Examples

<@KEEP STR="The quick fox" CHARS="aeiou">

This example evaluates to "euio".

<@KEEP STR="$200.00" CHARS="0123456789.">

This example evaluates to "200.00".

<@KEEP STR="This is the HTML" CHARS="TH">

This example evaluates to "THT".

<@KEEP STR="<COLUMN NAME=Invoice.totalcost>" CHARS="0123456789.">

This example returns the value in the total cost column, stripped of any non-numeric characters.

See Also

Encoding Attribute
<@OMIT>