Software Venture Consulting
ToMarket

FileMaker Pro downloads & Resources
FileMaker Custom Functions
FileMaker Web Viewer Examples
FileMaker Pro & Lasso Consulting
Training
FileMaker Books
FileMaker Articles
FileMaker Error Reference

Free Web Tools
Free FileMaker Tools

Personal Pages
Videos
Adventures
Links

Shopping Cart
Shopping Cart

Search:

Free Newsletter
Signup


Brian Dunning
Contact me | vCard


Brian on CNN
Brian on CNN


Brian on CBS Radio


Privacy Policy



FileMaker is a registered trademark of FileMaker, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

 FileMaker Pro Custom Functions

List  |  Show Random  |  Upload  |  Add This to Your Site

ParseAllBetween ( source ; start ; stop ; startPos ; result )

Rate this function:  

RatingRatingRatingRatingRating
  Average rating: 3.5  (4 votes)
  Discuss this Custom Function

David, Digital Fusion
http://digitalfusion.co.nz

Parses data between 2 strings for all occurrences in the specified source and returns them in a list

Sample Input:
parseAllBetween ( "<div><p>test1</p><p>test2</p></div>" ; "<p>" ; "</p>" ; 0 ; "" )
Sample Output:
test1
test2


 Then copy & paste into FileMaker Advanced's Edit Custom Function window.

Click here to copy To Clip Manager if you have myFMbutler's Clip Manager installed

Description:

The parser finds all occurrences of the start and stop strings and returns what is in between for each in a list. It also allows for a start position to be specified, this can be set to 0 if you want to parse through all of the source. Otherwise it will start at the specified character

Note: these functions are not guaranteed or supported by BrianDunning.com. Please contact the individual developer with any questions or problems.

This is my Custom Function and I want to edit it

Discuss:

There are no comments yet. Be the first to post a comment about this Custom Function! Please try to keep it brief & to the point. Anyone can post:

Your Name:
City/Location:
Comment:
characters left. If you paste in more than 1500 characters, it will be truncated. Discuss the function - advertisements and other useless posts will be deleted.
Answer 0 + 1 =
Search for Custom Functions:

Custom Functions Widget
Download the Custom Function Dashboard Widget for OS X
Keep all the latest Custom Functions right at your fingertips!

Newest Custom Functions:

1. GetResultParameter( ParameterName )
  (Wed, Aug 25, 8:32am)
2. GetListParameter ( ParameterList ; ParameterName )
  (Wed, Aug 25, 8:25am)
3. Standard_Deviation( Field ; MaxLoopCount ; StartIndex ; StdDeviation ; ArithMeanValue )
  (Tue, Aug 24, 10:57am)
4. Arithmetic_Mean ( Field ; MaxLoopCount ; StartIndex ; MeanValue )
  (Tue, Aug 24, 10:51am)
5. Age ( Birth; theDate; Format )
  (Fri, Aug 20, 9:50am)
6. Power ( x ; y )
  (Thu, Aug 19, 5:56am)
7. portal.rowCount ( _name )
  (Sun, Aug 15, 2:41pm)
8. PostPer_Day ( Post; startDate ; finishDate ; returnType )
  (Sat, Aug 14, 2:02pm)

RSS Feed of Custom Functions