Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

_NotEmpty ( Prefix ; Field ; Suffix )

Simplifies the process of adding characters before or after a field if its not empty.

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  Sample input:
_NotEmpty ("| "; "Name" ; ",")
  Sample output:
| Name,

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

This function simplifies the process of creating text blocks with variable data sets. For example if you want a Fullname calc field from 3 separate name fields (F,M,L) but don't want the extra space if there is no value for the Middle name field.

 

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