FilterList ( ListA ; Attribute ; ListB ; CaseSensitive )
to compare and filter values, lists with different attribute : Equals - NotEquals - Contains - NotContains - BeginsWith - NotBeginsWith - NotEndsWith - EndsWith
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Agnes Barouh - Show more from this author
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Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)
- - **calculation modified the 05/09/11 **- - ** update in the code for filter # or | or [ and ]
- - **calculation modified the 06/29/09 **- - ** Major-update in the code for greater speed (I see trouble with Evaluate and substitute, when search is in the first caractere of the list : search is "Contains z" and the list are zGlobalA¶zGlobalB¶zGlobalC ...) ok now
- - **calculation modified the 09/29 **- - ** no return Tag ( #|# ) when attribut is Equal and caseSensitive is < 1
- - **calculation modified the 31/05 **- - ** Change one substitute (case "not" )
- - **calculation modified the 27/05 **- - ** Change Tag | -> #|#
- - **calculation modified the 25/10 **- - ** Change :Addition of NotBeginsWith and NotEndsWith ** Change : remove the final ¶ when I used FilterValues **
- - **calculation modified the 15/04/08 **- - ** IF isEmpty listA or isEmpty ListB
Not recursive Function - Optional Parameters : Case Sensitiveness ( boolean format or null )
* FilterList () requires CustomList ( start ; End ; Function )
http://www.briandunning.com/cf/868
-> Attributes :
Equals - NotEquals - Contains - NotContains - BeginsWith - NotBeginsWith - NotEndsWith - EndsWith
-> CaseSensitive :
Boolean
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FilterList ( "Thank¶you¶very¶much¶ Ugo Di Luca ¶And¶Fabrice Nordmann" ; "BeginsWith" ; "ve¶mu" ; "" )
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FilterList ( FieldNames ( Get ( FileName ) ; Get ( LayoutName ) ) ; "NotContains" ; "Z¶zkp¶_" ; 1 )
Result = FieldNamesList Without the field whose name contains Z, zkp or _
FilterList ( Texte ; "Contains" ; "$¶_" ; 0 )
Result = values list With contains $ or _
FilterList ( LayoutNames ( Get ( FileName ) ) ; "EndsWith" ; "Dev" ; 1 )
Result = LayoutNames list whose the end name is Dev
FilterList ( List ( Table::MyField ) ; "Contains" ; Left ( FieldX ; 1 ) & ¶ & Middle ( FieldY ; 3 ; 3 ) ; "" )
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--------- CaseSensitive = empty or 0
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"Equals";"One¶four";"" or 0 ) | Result => "One¶Four"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"NotEquals";"One¶four";"" or 0 ) | Result => "Two¶three¶five"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"Contains";"O¶t";"" or 0 ) | Result => "One¶Two¶three¶Four"
FilterList("One¶Tow¶three¶Four¶five";"NotContains";"O¶t"; "" or 0 ) | Result => "five"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"BeginsWith";"F¶t";"" or 0 ) | Result => "Two¶three¶Four¶five"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"NotBeginsWith";"F¶t";"" or 0 ) | Result => "One"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"EndsWith"; "o¶E";"" or 0 ) | Result => "One¶Two¶three¶five"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"NotEndsWith"; "o¶E";"" or 0 ) | Result => "Four"
--------- CaseSensitive = 1
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"Equals";"One¶four" ; 1 ) | Result => "One"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"NotEquals";"One¶four" ; 1 ) | Result => "Two¶three¶Four¶five"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"Contains";"O¶t"; 1 ) | Result => "One¶three"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"NotContains";"O¶t" ; 1 ) | Result => "Two¶Four¶five"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"BeginsWith";"F¶t"; 1 ) | Result => "three¶Four"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"NotBeginsWith";"F¶t"; 1 ) | Result => "One¶Two¶five"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"EndsWith";"o¶E"; 1 ) | Result => "Two"
FilterList("One¶Two¶three¶Four¶five";"NotEndsWith";"o¶E"; 1 ) | Result => "One¶three¶Four¶five"
Comments
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Matthew Fero, Seattle Aug 7, 2011 |
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| Note: To install this custom function you must first install a second custom function called "CustomList". See: http://www.briandunning.com/cf/868 |
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CesarRG, Oviedo (Spain) May 31, 2013 |
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| Hello, The function does not work well if the second list contains nothing. In this case the function returns the first result list. |
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Agnès, Paris May 31, 2013 |
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| Hello, Yes, is my choice when I wrote this function : the calc are " IsEmpty ( ListB ) ; ListA ;" There was a discussion about it on the forum French, what is the logical result if ListB was empty... you can not put "IsEmpty (ListB), "";" because the result must depend on the selected attribute and I did not want to burden the already complicated calculation. For Equal : IsEmpty ( ListB ) ; "" For Not Equal : IsEmpty ( ListB ) ; ListA ; For Contains or Not Contains.... What should be the result... The same for the other. The easiest way was for me to decide if ListB was empty, the result was ListA. But you may be right, I do not know. Agnès |
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Dave, Birmingham, AL Jun 12, 2015 |
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| Will this function accept global variables ($$myVariable) as ListA or ListB? | ||
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Jonathan Mickelson Apr 17, 2019 |
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| Great function! Excellent work Agnès, as always! | ||
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