{"id":1378,"date":"2017-10-11T07:41:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbaginski.com\/blog\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2018-06-04T14:48:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T18:48:04","slug":"powerapps-grammar-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbaginski.com\/blog\/powerapps-grammar-school\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerApps Grammar School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a little function you can use to ensure your PowerApps follow basic English language grammar rules for the words A and AN.<\/p>\n

This function displays the words A and AN appropriately, based on the word that comes after them in a sentence.<\/p>\n

If(IsMatch(<TEXT TO EVALUATE><\/strong>, \"[AEIOUaeiou]\", BeginsWith), \"an \", \"a \")<\/code><\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0<\/strong>This function does not take into account special cases like the words university and honor, but you could easily adapt the logic to handle additional words.<\/p>\n

The following screenshots show it in action.<\/p>\n

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