SumText ( Field ; TotalLines ; StartLine ; Text ; Delimiter )

Adds together all the data in a Field

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Simon Ward - Show more from this author
Linear Blue
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Sample input:

SumText ( Field ; count(Field) ; 1 ; "" ; "," )

Sample output:

text1, text2, text3

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

Case(TotalLines > 0 ; 

Let ( [

Data = GetNthRecord ( Field ; StartLine ) ; 
Output = Case ( StartLine = 1 ; Data ; Text & Delimiter & Data ) ] ;

Case(TotalLines = StartLine ; Output ; SumText (Field ; TotalLines ; StartLine + 1 ; Output ; Delimiter ))

))

Add together all the text in a field either in a found set or from a portal. You can specify the delimiter so you could have a comma separated list or return separated list to use with the value function. This function does not put the delimiter after the last value.

Comments

		Nick Lightbody, Deskspace Systems Limited Mar 12, 2009
This is an elegant and efficient function - with the addition of a limiter it works very well in producing a multi-key for large datasets

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SumText ( Field ; TotalLines ; StartLine ; Text ; Delimiter )

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