Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

PositionCSE ( Text ; TextToSearch ; Start ; Occurrence )

Same as PositionCS, but without any limitation. Slower!

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Christian Jäger   Christian Jäger
contact: cjaeger @ www.fmforums.com
Hannover, Germany

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  Sample input:
PossitionCSE("AbbABBaBb";"ABB")
  Sample output:
4

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

see PositionCS. This function works alsways, since the marker string is not fixed.

It generates a random marker string, checks if it's already contained, and if yes, simply calls the function again. Note, however, that this function takes longer to compute, which can be an issue with large databases. So rather choose your marker string appropriately ...

Maybe someone volunteers to compiles a list of FMP7 functions which are Case-Insensitive & writes a ..CS and ..CSE version of all of them ???

Se also PatternCountCS.

 

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