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JoinRepetitions ( repeatingField ; delimiter ; start ; nRepeats )

Returns all repetitions in the repeating field as combined string

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Theo Ros - Show more from this author

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Returns all repetitions in the repeating field as string, combining the repetitions with the given text in 'delimiter' Syntax: JoinRepetitions ( repeatingField ; "|" ; - 1 ; 4 ) Paramers: repeatingField - the repeating field you want combined delimiter - the textfield or constant you want to use to combine the values start - the starting repetition number. if < 1, the first repetition is assumed nRepeats - the maximum number of repetitions you want joined Return type: Text Theo Ros (enhanced by Ari M. Weinstein august 11, 2006) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ Let ( rep = If ( start < 1 ; 1 ; start ) ; GetRepetition ( repeatingField ; rep ) & If ( nRepeats > 1 ; If( not IsEmpty( GetRepetition ( repeatingField ; rep + 1 ) ) ; delimiter ; "") & JoinRepetitions ( repeatingField ; delimiter ; rep + 1 ; nRepeats - 1 ) ) ) Click to copy

Returns all repetitions in the repeating field as string, combining the
repetitions with the given text in 'delimiter'

Paramers:
repeatingField - the repeating field you want combined
delimiter - the textfield or constant you want to use to combine the values
start - the starting repetition number. if < 1, the first repetition is assumed
nRepeats - the maximum number of repetitions you want joined

Return type: Text

Special thanks to Ari M. Weinstein who enhanced the function to prevent the delimiters from appearing when a repetition is empty.

 

Comments

		Jim Dee Jun 10, 2020
Thank you for the great function. I didn't expect to have a delimiter at the end since the example shows "Apple | Banana | Orange | Cherry". I get "Apple, Banana, Orange, Cherry, " when using ", " as a delimiter.

		Jim Dee Jun 10, 2020
Thank you for the great function. I didn't expect to have a delimiter at the end since the example shows "Apple | Banana | Orange | Cherry". I get "Apple, Banana, Orange, Cherry, " when using ", " as a delimiter.

		Jim Dee Jun 10, 2020
Nevermind, I just realized that SortValues adds another return after sorting. The JoinRepetitions function works as expected.

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