Word Recognition

[Niet32]

Is it possible to set up a formulas to recognizie a word if it matches a certain percent of another word in a seperate field?

For example: Field 1 Richmond, VA/Field 2 Rchmd VA

If you put a parameter that said if Field 2 > 80% of Field 1 then use Field 1.

Is this possible or have I been watching way too much Sci-Fi?

[comment]

It is somewhat possible - but you need to specify your need much more precisely. Not in Filemaker terms, but in semantic terms. Read this thread to get some idea of what's involved.

[Raybaudi]

That said, and if I understand you correctly, you can try this calculation:

Let([

flt1 = Filter ( field1 ; field2 );

flt2 = Filter ( field2 ; field1 );

len1 = Length ( field1 );

len2 = Length ( flt1 )

];

Case(

len2 ≥ 65/100 * len1 and Exact ( flt1; flt2 ); field1;

field2

)

)