I have a field 'power' which has to be a number for sorting purposes. In almost every record this field contains a single 2 or 3 digit number. Sometimes it contains two number like '93 / 125'. How can I define a calculation field that just captures the left number. Using NumToText and LeftWords does not seem to work.

Any thoughts? Help much appreciated.

Chris

Result (calculation, number) =

TextToNumber(Trim(Left(Field, Position(Field,"/", 1, 1))))

-bd

Looks good. I will give it a go. Many thanks

Chris

Liveoak,

Yes it works, but is better with a -1 as follows:

TextToNumber(Trim(Left(Field, Position(Field,"/", 1, 1)-1))).

What I was really looking for was a similar answer but starting with a number field. But my conclusion is that I must create a duplicate field of my 'power' but as text and then apply your calculation.

Anyway many thanks.

Chris

Oops! Chris is correct. You want everything up to the position before the "/". -bd