Word Count problem

[Albatross1959]

Help...I am developing a database which is used to input text which in turn will feed Quark Xpress. Formatting for Quark takes place in the filemaker side. I have a field where the text is input and have used the wordcount function to display amazingly the word count! However part of the coding involves "<b>" for bold etc. even though there are no spaces between this code and the word.....the word count counts this as a word e.g.

<b>The totals 2 words and not one.....as I do not know how many of these commands will repeat in any given record is there anyway around it???

[Fitch]

Define a calculated field that strips out all the tags, like so:

Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute

(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute

(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(Substitute(

YourField,

"</H1>", ""), "<H1>", "" ), "</H2>", "" ), "<H2>", "" ),

"</H3>", "" ), "<H3>", "" ), "</H4>", "" ), "<H4>", "" ),

"</H5>", "" ), "<H5>", "" ), "</H6>", "" ), "<H6>", "" ),

"</B>" , "" ), "<B>" , "" ), "</I>" , ""), "<I>" , "")

Then count the words in the calculated field.

[LiveOak]

Or could just count these patterns and subtract the appropriate numbers from the word count (PatternCount). You wouldn't have to create a modified field.

-bd