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Using comments in formulas?


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Does anyone know a trick how to add comments to formulas?

I have some pretty complicated and long formulas which I would love to comment here and there, just in case I have re-adjust them at any later time.

[color:"#666666"](Please don't recommend to use sub-formulas - this databases already has 180 fields and I don't want to create even more) tongue.gif

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Hi Wookie

This came up on another list and here are some of the suggestions that came out of it.

1. External("Comment", " Your comment here " )

2. Number type: + Case("this is a comment" = 0, 0, 0)

3. Text type: & Left("this is a comment", 0)

4. If(0, "This is where I type my comment about the calculation formula", calc formula goes here...)

HTH

Lee

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Use the left function, as in:

Left( "Your comment here", 0 ) & TheRestOfYourCalc'sFormula

This will work if your calc's result is text. Use something like:

Length( Left( "Your comment here", 0 ) ) + RestOfCalc

If the result is date, time or number.

Chuck

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