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LeftWords()Category: Text Syntax: LeftWords ( text ; numberOfWords ) Parameters: text ”any expression that resolves to a text field; numberOfWords ”any positive number or expression that returns a positive number. Description: Returns the first n number of words in a text expression, where n is the number specified in the numberOfWords parameter. Examples: LeftWords("the quick brown fox jumps" ; 3) Returns the quick brown . LeftWords(FullName ; 1) Returns Joe when FullName contains "Joe Smith" . Comments: Be aware of what symbols are considered to be word breaks by FileMaker Pro. Spaces, return characters , and most punctuation symbols are considered to be word breaks. Multiple word breaks next to each other (for example, two spaces, a comma and a space) are considered as a single word break. Certain punctuation symbols are word breaks when separating alpha characters, but not when separating numeric characters. These include the colon (:), slash (/), period (.), comma (,), and dash (-). For instance, LeftWords ("54.6" ; 1) returns 54.6 , but LeftWords ("x.y" ; 1) returns x . The reason for this behavior is that those symbols are valid date, time, and number separators. Leading and trailing punctuation around a word may be ignored by the LeftWords() function. For example, LeftWords ("John Q. Public, Jr."; 2) returns John Q , but LeftWords ("John Q. Public, Jr."; 3) returns John Q. Public . |
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