Søren Dyhr Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Or is it just me?? https://tinyurl.com/bdcmsc9w It's the examples made in 3. and 4. --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) Why don't you paste these expressions in a calculation window and see if they produce a "syntactical error"? Edited April 20 by comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 49 minutes ago, comment said: Why don't you paste these expressions in a calculation window and see if they produce a "syntactical error"? I did and I get this - what is the meaning, what are they trying to convey using - commas when the obvious would be semicolon - with my localisation with what should be commas etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) I don't understand what you're showing us. I get no error. And all the commas were automatically converted to semicolons. Example4.fmp12 And in Data Viewer (with the commas): (That doesn't mean it's a good example.) Edited April 20 by comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Hi Søren! In your example, two things stand out: 1. Are you saying you put semi-colons in all three places but it changes those within the If() to commas? 2. Aren't you missing a closing parenthesis at the end of your calculation? Michael's example works for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 8 minutes ago, LaRetta said: 2. Aren't you missing a closing parenthesis at the end of your calculation? I am, but in my neck of the woods does this make sense: GetSummary ( Untitled::Total Sales ; If(Untitled::number of Countries > 1;Untitled::Country;Untitled::SalesZone) ) It was not the actual page, where i saw the error - I referred to, it's in this example consequently either commas or semicolons - and it makes much more sense now. --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) It may be worth pointing out that Filemaker does not expressly mandate the use of a semicolon as the separator character between functions parameters. Although on this page you will find statements like: Quote Use a semicolon between parameters when a function requires more than one parameter. and: Quote An ellipsis (...) signifies that you can add more parameters, each separated by a semicolon the operative sentence seems to be: Quote When a function requires more than one parameter, separate individual parameters with a list separator, such as a semicolon. There is no explanation regarding what other characters qualify as a "list separator" - but in the glossary you will find: Quote function list separator The punctuation character ; (a semicolon) that separates parameters in a function definition. If you type a comma (,), FileMaker Pro changes it to a semicolon after you close the Specify Calculation dialog box. Note also that this is not locale-dependent. Edited April 20 by comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 19 hours ago, comment said: If you type a comma (,), FileMaker Pro changes it to a semicolon after you close the Specify Calculation dialog box. Nice thing to know! --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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