Newbies ridddder Posted November 3, 2007 Newbies Share Posted November 3, 2007 There may be another post to this, I have searched and haven't found another topic which applies. Here is the nitty gritty, I bought a list of names from polk in a CSV file, I know filemaker better than excel so I opted to make the list into a database. This database contains over 2000 records. This data includes VIN, or vehicle identification number used for cars, trucks, and vans. Using simple scripts I was able to filter the list into the make of the car, but now I want to sort model. The VIN field consists of a 17 digit number in one field. The 5th character of this 17 digit number defines the model, but seeing as I only have version 5 of filemaker, I am stuck as to how I "count" 5 character from the first character, then apply a case formula to define model(ie caravan, corvette, miata, etc). What is the best way to do this, and I don't care if I have to use a script or a calculation, but I have far too many records to do it manually. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 (edited) This topic came up twice before (if I recall), but they are hard to locate because the Search for the Forum will not locate the word VIN because of length (less than 4 characters. Use pluses and full words like this [color:red]+Vehicle +Identification +number and you will have better luck. See if these help: Topic One Topic Two Do to the period of time envolved since the posts, the attachments may not download, let me know, and I can upload them again. Lee Edited November 3, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies ridddder Posted November 5, 2007 Author Newbies Share Posted November 5, 2007 Ok I want to modify this VIN year calculation, the 5th character is used to denote the model of vehicle. I can do it a clunky way, which would be to modify that calculation, to single out the 5th character, and place it in a field. Lets use this example: 1B3LC56K78N632083 The 5th character is a "C" If I Modify the previous calculation as below- Position("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",Middle,VIN,5,1),1,1) I get the calculation of 3, since the 5th character is a "C", and it is also the 3rd character in the string. How do I make the calculation return "C", instead of 3? I will call the above calculation, VIN_filter_5, and make it an invisible container field. I then I will make a case calculation, for dechipering the contents of the "VIN_filter_5" field. I know this is clunky, but it is a simple marketting database, and really doesn't matter. As you can tell I am hardly the math whiz here, and need all the help I can get. I want to thank "LEE" for his help so far, and will thank everyone in advance. :thankyou: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies ridddder Posted November 5, 2007 Author Newbies Share Posted November 5, 2007 For the time being, I am using a case calculation to convert the number in to a letter, you know the old... case(field=1,"A",field=2,"B",etc...,"") I know this is clunky, but it works for now, if anyone else has a better idea send it my way. Thanks, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybaudi Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 How do I make the calculation return "C", instead of 3? Middle( VIN , 5 , 1 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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