I am trying to make a calculation to extract specific data from a field to which I copy and paste a list of data items from another source.

For example the copied data would be something like this all pasted into one field

Name: Joe

Age: 45

Sex: M

From this field I would like a calculation "Name" field to extract the appropriate data from the pasted data field and then a separate calculation field to extract "Age" etc.

Hopefully this makes sense.

Let me know if I should clarify.

Thanks

See if this helps:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/189829/

There are various ways to parse text. For the example you provided I might do something like:

Name =

Substitute( GetValue( yourList ; 1 ) ; "Name: " ; "" )

IOW, take the first line of your list using GetValue, and then replace the label with blank.

Thanks for your quick and helpful replies. These are both good solutions.

Much appreciated