Reverse ordering of field contents

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I am not a programmer and don't know if this is possible but presume it is. Can someone tell me how I can take the alphanumeric contents of a field (let's say the word, "possible") and create a new field with the spelling reversed, i.e. "elbissop". I don't know enough about Filemaker to do this but I know a little about the program.

Thanks.

[BobWeaver]

Some programming languages have a Reverse() function that does what you want, but not Filemaker. You will have to use a script like this.

code:

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Set Field gTempText = MyDataField

Set Field MyReversedField = ""

Loop

Exit Loop If Length(gTempText)=0

Set Field MyReversedField = MyReversedField & Left (gTempText,1)

Set Field gTempText = Middle(gTempText,2,64000)

End Loop

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gTempText is a global text field

MyDataField is the original text field

MyReversedField is the result