Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

RemoveEmptyValues ( Text )

Remove empty lines of return-seperated text.

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Koji Takeuchi   Koji Takeuchi - Show more from this author
TonicNote, Inc.
https://tonicnote.com

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  Sample input:
RemoveEmptyValues ( "A¶¶¶B¶C¶" )
  Sample output:
"A¶B¶C"

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

RemoveEmptyValues ( Text )
2011.03.25, Koji Takeuchi


description:
Remove empty lines of return-seperated text.
ex.
Text = source text
"A¶¶¶B¶C¶" or
List ( TO::Field ) or
ValueListItems ( Get ( FileName ) ; "ValueListName" )

RemoveEmptyValues ( "A¶¶¶B¶C¶" )
-> "A¶B¶C"

 

Comments

Martin   Martin
Mar 31, 2011
Can also be done with the CF "RemoveExtraReturns ( text ): http://www.briandunning.com/cf/11

Regards,
Martin
 
Koji Takeuchi   Koji Takeuchi, TonicNote, Inc.
Mar 31, 2011
Duplicated!

Thanks, Martin.
Sorry for lazy to searching, but I leave this here to just offering a variation :)
 

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