Incorrect calculation result

[Macaddict]

I have put the following into a calculation:

Year ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) & Case ( Length ( Month ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) = 1 ) ; "0") & Month ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) & Case ( Length ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) = 1 ) ; "0") & Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) )

Since today's date is 4/29/04, I'd expect the result to be 20040429. FileMaker returns: 200404029. I have checked that the result of "Length ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) )" is 2, NOT 1.

What am I doing wrong?

I am running FileMaker 7.0v1a on a dual gigahertz Macintosh G4 running OS 10.3.3.

Thank you for your help.

[-Queue-]

That does seem odd. I'd make it easier, though, and just remove the Cases altogether.

Year ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) & Right( "00" & Month ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ); 2 ) & Right( "00" & Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ); 2 )

[Macaddict]

Thanks Queue! That works great. I appreciate your help. :-)

[QuinTech]

Though Queue has the best solution, i was intrigued... the problem lies, as you may imagine, in the element:

Case ( Length ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) = 1 ) ; "0")

Follow the substitutions, watching the parentheses carefully:

Case ( Length ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) = 1 ) ; "0")

Case ( Length ( Day ( <4/29/2004> ) = 1 ) ; "0")

Case ( Length ( 29 = 1 ) ; "0")

Case ( Length ( 0 ) ; "0")

/* 29=1 is a false statement and therefore equal to

FALSE, that is, the number 0 */

Case ( 1 ; "0")

/* The length of the string '0' is 1 */

0

/* 1 is a boolean TRUE, thus the case statement

returns a positive and gives you your

(undesired) result of 0*/

A better calculation would be:

Case ( ( Length ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) ) = 1 ) ; "0")

Jerry

[-Queue-]

Good call. You can remove the extra parens, too.

Case ( Length ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) ) = 1 ; "0")

We only needed to move the parens following the '1' before the '='.