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CommaList ( thelist )

Turns a CR-delimited list to a comma-separated list with "and" before the last item

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Steve Taylor - Show more from this author DataTherapy

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Let ( [ valuecount=ValueCount ( thelist )-1; end=If (valuecount>0;" and ";"") ]; While ( [ count = 1; theresult = "" ]; count < valuecount; [ theresult = theresult & GetValue ( thelist ; count )&", "; count=1 + count ]; theresult ) & GetValue ( thelist ; valuecount) & end & GetValue ( thelist ; valuecount+1) ) Click to copy

Using the Filemaker 18 "while" function to parse a return-delimited list to a comma one for dialog boxes, horizontal areas of layouts, etc

 

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