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GetNumberListAsText ( numList )

Used to convert a list of ids or numbers to a string of text

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/* Author: Kyle Williams Date: 3/18/2020 Updated: 5/28/2020 (now sorts the numeric values) Purpose: Convert list of ids to a string of text for showing report criteria under report heading Dependents: CustomFunction "RemoveEmptyValues" Requires FM16 or later (for SortValues function) */ Let([ count = ValueCount( numList ) ;text = Substitute ( RemoveEmptyValues ( SortValues(numList; 2) ); ¶; ", " ) ;lastComma = Length ( text ) - Position ( text ; ", " ; -2 ; 1 ) ;text = Left ( text ; lastComma - 1 ) & " & " & RightWords ( text ; 1 ) ]; If( count <= 1;numList; text ) ) Click to copy

Used to convert a list of ids or numbers to a string of text which is useful for displaying a list of selected criteria for a report. In my case, I used this to show the Location ID's selected for my report.

 

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