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WordBits ( word ; numberOfCharacters1 )

creates a list of all sequential combinations of letters within a word.

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Sample input:

WordBits ( "sample" ; 1 )

Sample output:

s¶sa¶sam¶samp¶sampl¶sample¶a¶am¶amp¶ampl¶ample¶m¶mp¶mpl¶mple¶p¶pl¶ple¶l¶le¶e

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

Case (
Length ( word ) = 0;"";
numberOfChars ≤ Length ( word ) ;
   Middle ( word ; 1 ; numberOfChars ) & "¶" & WordBits( word; numberOfChars + 1 );

WordBits( right (word; Length ( word )- 1 );1 )
)

creates a list of all sequential combinations of letters within a word. Possible use is to find latin roots within words.

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