calculation trouble

[swf]

I am trying to make a calculation to detect the word Monthly anywhere in a text string.

current calculation will only detect it by itself not mixed in with other words.

If(memo="Monthly";1,0)

Thanks

[QuinTech]

Hi, swf. Try instead:

PatternCount ( memo , "Monthly" )

This will tell you the total number of times that word appears in that field.

HTH,

Jerry

[swf]

If (PatternCount(memo,"Monthly")>0;1,0)

Does that look right. If it finds it more than 0 times it will return a logical 1.

I will try. Thanks

[QuinTech]

True; but FM also recognizes any number greater than zero as "true." Thus, if this calc finds "monthly" twice, the expression i wrote still evaulates to "true."

It's a very minor point, but people on this forum (like -Queue- and comment) will jump all over you if they find extraneous stuff in your calcs.

J

[comment]

I don't recall jumping all over anyone, but hey, I like having a reputation!

[swf]

Thank you, the last part I had never heard of. I have a follow up question.

I have a field that is lookup field. I want it to look up one place if Monthly=1 and another place if Monthly=0.

Example if it is a monthly meeting (monthly=1) then it will lookup the employee who is permanently assigned to the account.

If it is a regular meeting (monthly-0) it will lookup the employee based on a schedule of days and which employee is on duty.

[-Queue-]

For shame, Jerry. I resemble that remark!

If you need an exact boolean, not not PatternCount( ) (or not not Position( ), which is faster when testing large text fields) converts any result > 1 to 1.