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fm.version.major ( _applicationVersion )

"17.0.4" -> 17

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Fabrice Nordmann - Show more from this author 1-more-thing https://www.1-more-thing.com

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/* fm.version.major ( _applicationVersion ) by Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing Jan 2019 returns the major version number for a software (typically FileMaker) version as a number fm.version.major ( "17.0.3" ) -> 17 if _applicationVersion is empty, uses get ( applicationversion ) Works on all systems, wether they use . or , as decimal separator. */ Let ([ _v = Case ( IsEmpty ( _applicationVersion ) ; Get ( ApplicationVersion ) ; _applicationVersion ) ; _v = Substitute ( Filter ( _v ; "1234567890." ) ; "." ; " " ) ; _v = LeftWords ( _v ; 1 ) ]; GetAsNumber ( _v ) ) Click to copy

returns the major version number for a software (typically FileMaker) version as a number
fm.version.major ( "17.0.3" ) -> 17
if _applicationVersion is empty, uses get ( applicationversion )
Works on all systems, wether they use . or , as decimal separator.

 

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