text.betweenNext ( _text ; _searchString1 ; _occurrence1 ; _include1.b ; _searchString2 ; _occurrence2 ; _include2.b )
extracts the middle of a text in between delimiters, based on search strings and an occurrence numbers
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Fabrice Nordmann - Show more from this author
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Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)
extracts the middle of a text in between delimiters, based on a search strings and an occurrence numbers
occurrences can be positive (starting from the beginning of the text) or negative (starting from the end)
The second string will be found only after the first one.
Both string can be included or excluded with boolean parameters.
e.g : text.betweenNext ( "A 1234567890 X B 1234567890 X C 1234567890 X" ; "B" ; 1 ; 1 ; "X" ; 1 ; 0 ) = "B 1234567890 "
see also text.between, text.before and text.after functions
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Carl Riedel, Curator Contender Jul 10, 2011 |
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| This code works beautifully. | ||
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Harald Koeppen, Frankfurt Germany Nov 6, 2011 |
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| superbly written. incredible useful. | ||
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Tobias Sjögren Jan 24, 2012 |
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| Wouldn't it be great to have a "BetweenPrevious" function as well? | ||
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Fabrice, Brussels Jan 24, 2012 |
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| BetweenPrevious is included in the "Pro" pack available on our web store (no, just kidding ;)) Please feel free to modify this function and share it! Fabrice Nordmann |
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HazMatt, Blaine, MN, USA Jan 22, 2013 |
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| This function works (nearly) perfectly for parsing out values from a web result like this: field1=value1&field2=value2&field3=value3 The only problem is that when I plug in "field3=" for _searchString1 and "&" for _searchString2, I get a blank result (because there is no "&" character to look for on the tail end). I modified the custom function to include this bit in the Let() statement: Let ([ _text = _text & If(Right(_text; 1) ≠_searchString2; _searchString2; "") ; _occurrence1 = Case ( _occurrence1 = 0 ; 1 ; _occurrence1 ) Would this be a good addition to your custom function, Fabrice? Or would it mess up in some cases? |
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Katy Butterworth, New Zealand Sep 22, 2013 |
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| This custom function is a masterpiece! | ||
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Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing Sep 22, 2013 |
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| Thank you Katty. Matt, I didn't see your post, sorry. I like a function not to do hidden stuff, otherwise it becomes more difficult to use in certain situations, although it's easier in some others. In your situation I would rather send a different parameter such as [your string] & "&". By the way something is broken in 12 with the Position function. You should change the constant 1 with 0 so this function and others keep working in all scenarios An updated version can be found on fmfunctions.com |
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Lewis Lorenz, Lorenz Companies Sep 15, 2017 |
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| Next to the bulit-in functions in FileMaker, this function is the one I use most in my document assembly scripts. It is indispensable! I added two lines (suffixed with "added") to your code to return the searchstrings as they appear in the text. It aids in using the Substitute function. Thank you. ; _p1= Position ( _text ; _searchString1 ; Case ( _occurrence1 < 0 ; Length ( _text ) ; 1 ) ; _occurrence1 ) ; _searchString1 = If ( _p1 ; Middle ( _text ; _p1 ; _lenStr1 ) ; _searchString1 ) //Added. ; _rightText = Replace ( _text ; 1 ; _p1 + _lenStr1 - 1 ; "" ) ; _p2= Position ( _rightText ; _searchString2 ; Case ( _occurrence2 < 0 ; Length ( _rightText ) ; 1 ) ; _occurrence2 ) ; _searchString2 = If ( _p2 ; Middle ( _rightText ; _p2 ; Length ( _searchString2 ) ) ; _searchString2 ) //Added. |
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