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LoremIpsum ( words )

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Colin Keefe, IT Solutions Consulting, Inc
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Returns the specified number of words from good ol' loremipsum boilerplate copy.

Sample Input:

LoremIpsum (15)

Sample Output:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam ornare. Donec suscipit. Integer enim nibh

Let([ @loremIpsum = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam ornare. Donec suscipit. Integer enim nibh, condimentum non, fermentum non, adipiscing quis, ipsum. Ut pellentesque, enim eget pharetra dignissim, erat pede ultricies mi, suscipit pharetra erat velit gravida purus. Ut sagittis. Aliquam aliquam lacinia dui. Vestibulum erat turpis, rutrum et, molestie vitae, consequat ut, nulla. Nullam suscipit. Mauris neque. Vivamus felis ligula, sagittis in, aliquam eu, ultrices ut, mi. Sed ac nibh ac odio iaculis tristique. Aliquam erat volutpat. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Maecenas viverra commodo eros. Aenean scelerisque consequat quam. Donec fermentum, augue ut porttitor fringilla, nisl leo placerat mi, ac bibendum urna felis id tellus. Duis erat pede, varius vitae, egestas nec, molestie vitae, neque. Donec suscipit luctus massa. Proin metus sem, sagittis ac, venenatis id, convallis a, velit. Sed iaculis nulla quis diam. Nam vel urna. Fusce rhoncus augue lacinia nisl. Integer id sem eget nisl venenatis vehicula. Proin nibh tellus, faucibus dignissim, viverra pulvinar, imperdiet at, massa. Sed porta sollicitudin lectus. Donec at felis. Quisque sit amet massa in lectus feugiat pretium. Ut gravida, sem non lobortis commodo, lorem mi gravida nisl, vitae tempor nisi nibh vel eros. Fusce turpis. Maecenas blandit velit nec ante. Donec ultricies vehicula leo. Nulla elementum urna quis turpis. Phasellus non ipsum nec eros congue dignissim. Proin varius.¶Nunc lacus libero, sodales et, fermentum a, sodales sit amet, tortor. Nam id metus. Donec congue. Praesent lectus. Nunc ultricies mi vitae urna. Aenean in sem. Donec sodales libero sit amet tortor. Etiam blandit iaculis enim. Sed tincidunt convallis elit. In non risus. Etiam euismod. Phasellus vel magna. Sed iaculis hendrerit lectus. Sed iaculis.¶Pellentesque in neque. Proin vulputate, leo eu condimentum feugiat, nisi metus interdum nunc, et tempor nibh nunc imperdiet massa. Duis neque purus, consectetuer non, lobortis vitae, malesuada sit amet, nibh. Etiam libero purus, pulvinar non, venenatis eu, pharetra cursus, magna. Curabitur convallis ligula quis sem. Curabitur pretium purus eget risus. Sed sapien dui, fringilla non, fermentum et, vehicula vitae, arcu. Nulla at nibh. Vestibulum dignissim tellus eget urna. Ut est. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Mauris posuere. Cras elementum porta libero. Nullam at tortor. Morbi posuere dictum est.¶Maecenas condimentum venenatis quam. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Fusce auctor, elit at venenatis tincidunt, mauris est malesuada dolor, nec gravida mi sapien nec mauris. Ut in risus. Curabitur molestie tincidunt libero. Vivamus dignissim. Vivamus eget felis. Vestibulum posuere. Duis pharetra tincidunt lectus. Suspendisse in urna a nisl porttitor consectetuer. Donec congue mi eu ligula. Phasellus sit amet quam sit amet arcu sodales blandit. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Aenean dui. Integer eget massa sit amet velit ultrices molestie."; @countLoremIpsum = WordCount(@loremIpsum) ]; LeftWords(@loremIpsum; words) & If(words > @countLoremIpsum; LoremIpsum(words - @countLoremIpsum);"") )
Then copy & paste into FileMaker Advanced's Edit Custom Function window.

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Description:

Returns the specified number of words from good ol' Lorem Ipsum boilerplate copy. It'll continue to wrap to the beginning of the text block until the word count is fulfilled.

Nothing clever about this, just needed a way to enter dummy text on the fly.

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