hello,

i would like to find people who have voted in the last 3 elections. i have 4 fields named with a date. in that field is either n (did not vote), p (voted at polls) or a (voted absentee). how would i find folks who vote either absentee or at polls in 3 of 4 of these dates?

tnx for your help

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Is this data already in a FileMaker file.

Lee

Sounds like a design problem. There should only be ONE date field; and a vote type.

Add a calculation field for the number of voters in the last three elections, voteNumber =

Let ( [ X2 = If ( f2 <> "N", 1, 0 ) ;

X3 = If ( f3 <> "N", 1, 0 ) ; X4 = If ( f4 <> "N", 1, 0 )] ;

X2 + X3 + X4

)

where the fi are the last three of your fields.

Or more simply, not PatternCount( f2 & f3 & f4; "n" )

Perform a find for 1 in this field.

Well,

Just one other idea with 7.

I'd assume one day you'd need to see those who voted on 2 of 4, or for all of them...

The Let( ) would let you use this parameter too, but you can also do it with a relationship.

Create a relation with a new Table Occurrence, using :

- a global field

matching a calc

n_voteAttendance = PatternCount(f1&f2&f3&f4;"n")

and set this relationship option with the ">" sign.

Now, you can view the result in a portal, and dynamically switch from one result to the other.

I'd agree with Bruce that your design isn't the best here though.

Or: 3 - PatternCount(f2 & f3 & f4 ; "n")

to get the total number.