FilterPartialValues ( values ; string )
Exclude values that contain string.
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Sample input:
FilterPartialValues ( "Item List¶item_scripting¶User List¶user_scripting¶Prefs" ; "_scripting" )
Sample output:
item_scripting
user_scripting
user_scripting
Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)
This is simply convenience function, used to search for 'scripting' layouts.
Updated to avoid adding a trailing return
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Agnès, France Apr 26, 2016 |
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| Hi, You can also have the same result without recursion ;) Let ([ L = "Item List¶Item_scripting¶User List¶user_scripting¶Prefs" ; Keep = "_scripting" ; R = "#" & Substitute ( L ; [ ¶ ; "¶#" ] ; [ Keep ; Keep & ¶ & Keep ] ) ; Fb = Substitute ( R ; [ ¶ ; "#¶"] ; [ Keep & "#" ; Keep ] ) & "#" ]; Substitute ( FilterValues ( R ; Fb ) & "[end]" ; [ "#¶" ; "" ] ; [ "¶[end]" ; "" ] ; [ "#" ; "" ] ; [ Keep & "¶" & Keep ; Keep ] ) ) this way is case sensitive ( add upper for no ) |
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Richard, Zuchwil Apr 26, 2016 |
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| Agnès, you're clearly on a roll ;-) Thanks, R | ||
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Richard, Zuchwil Apr 26, 2016 |
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| Agnès, where exactly are you adding Upper for case-insensitive? Or is that an exercise for the student? ;-) | ||
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Richard, Zuchwil Apr 26, 2016 |
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| Agnès, ahem, sorry, but I'm not sure that the non-recursive works for all the same cases: Assuming your version is implemented (and I haven't screwed up the implementation): // FilterPartialValues_NR ( values ; string ) // FilterPartialValues_NR ( values ; string ) Let ( [ R = "#" & Substitute ( values ; [ ¶ ; "¶#" ] ; [ string ; string & ¶ & string ] ) ; Fb = Substitute ( R ; [ ¶ ; "#¶"] ; [ string & "#" ; string ] ) & "#" ]; Substitute ( FilterValues ( R ; Fb ) & "[end]" ; [ "#¶" ; "" ] ; [ "¶[end]" ; "" ] ; [ "#" ; "" ] ; [ string & "¶" & string ; string ] ) ) Then, FilterPartial_NR ( "Item List¶item_scripting¶User List¶user_scripting¶Prefs" ; "script" ) returns: "item_script¶user_script" Whereas, the original version: FilterPartialValues ( "Item List¶item_scripting¶User List¶user_scripting¶Prefs" ; "script" ) returns: "item_scripting¶user_scripting" :-( |
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Agnès, France Apr 26, 2016 |
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| Oh sorry, I'ts an old calc, and I removed that line, I do not know why she was there... D = FilterValues ( R ; Substitute ( R ; "#" ; "" ) ) without checking calc ! donc : Let ([ L = "Item List¶Item_scripting¶User List¶user_scripting¶Prefs" ; Keep = "_scr" ; R = "#" & Substitute ( L ; [ ¶ ; "¶#" ] ; [ Keep ; Keep & ¶ & Keep ] ) ; Fb = Substitute ( R ; [ ¶ ; "#¶"] ; [ Keep & "#" ; Keep ] ) & "#" ; D = FilterValues ( R ; Substitute ( R ; "#" ; "" ) ) ]; Substitute ( FilterValues ( R ; Fb & ¶ & D ) & "[NoValue]" ; [ "#¶" ; "" ] ; [ "¶[NoValue]" ; "" ] ; [ "#" ; "" ] ; [ Keep & "¶" & Keep ; Keep ] /* ; [ "[NoValue]" ; "" ] */ ) it's ok |
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Agnès, France Apr 26, 2016 |
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| For Case no sensitive : Let ([ L = "Item List¶Item_scripting¶User List¶user_scripting¶Prefs" ; Keep = Upper ( "_Scr" ) ; R = "#" & Substitute ( Upper ( L ) ; [ ¶ ; "¶#" ] ; [ Keep ; Keep & ¶ & Keep ] ) ; Fb = Substitute ( R ; [ ¶ ; "#¶"] ; [ Keep & "#" ; Keep ] ) & "#" ; D = FilterValues ( R ; Substitute ( R ; "#" ; "" ) ) ; Result = Substitute ( FilterValues ( R ; Fb & ¶ & D ) ; [ "#¶" ; "" ] ; [ "#" ; "" ] ; [ Keep & "¶" & Keep ; Keep ] ) ]; Substitute ( FilterValues ( L ; Result ) & "[NoValue]" ; [ "¶[NoValue]" ; "" ] ) ) but the calc is less pretty ;) |
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Eric, SJSU Apr 29, 2016 |
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| CF Description says "Exclude values that contain string." Would a description such as "Search only values containing string" not be more appropriate ? |
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