Filemaker Pro 8.5 Advanced Maintenance TG761Z/A User Manual

Product codes
TG761Z/A
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Examples
NumToJText(123456789;2;0) returns 
NumToJText(123456789;3;2) returns 
PatternCount
Format
PatternCount(text;searchString)
Parameters
text - any 
searchString - any text expression or text field representing the set of characters you 
want to find
Data type returned
number
Description
Returns the number of occurrences of searchString in text.
Examples
PatternCount(“Mississippi”;“is”) returns 
2
.
PatternCount(“Mississippi”;“issi”) returns 
1
 (the function isn’t inclusive).
PatternCount(Attending;“Guest”) returns 
1
 if the Guest checkbox is one of the 
items selected in the Attending field.
Position
Format
Position(text;searchString;start;occurrence)
Parameters
text - any 
searchString - any text expression or text field representing the set of characters you 
want to find.
start - any numeric expression, or field containing a number, representing the number 
of characters from the start of the text string at which to begin the search.