Discovery: comments in calculation fields!

[Vaughan]

I just discovered that comments can be inserted into calculation fields. The syntax appears to be

/*comment*/

[CyborgSam]

Multi-line and nested C style comments also accepted (copied from FM7 help):

/* This is a calculation with C style nested and multi-line comments

/*----- It returns the title if it exists in a name -----*/

*/

C++ style comments are also accepted:

Greeting & "!!" // returns Hello!! if field Greeting contains the string "Hello"

But I want Pascal style comments

(* this is a Pascal comment *)

[Steven H. Blackwell]

There are other places where comments can be entered. See field definitions and scripts for example. Also you might take a llook at the DesignFunctions to see where you can extract comments.

Steven

[pspafford]

Did you see the character qualifier for calculations? No more counting if you need quotations in a calc field. just put a backslash in front of it.

e.g. "She said, "" & textField & "", and left the room."

If you've ever generated html from field values, that's worth the price of admission.

Paul

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Yes I saw them.

Steven

[The Shadow]

The calculation engine now supports the constants:

true

false

[Aussie John]

Hi,

Do the comments come up in the Dbase or are they just for internal housekeeping?

[Vaughan]

The comments in calculation fields just seem to be internal housekeeping, to use your term.