Hi , I am trying to "find" where a field contains less the the correct number of characters but it appears not to work.

I have a barcode field that should always have 12 digits, but some have less than this and i need to find and isolate them.

 

I thought using the Find mode <12 would work but it apears not, can anyone please advise?

 

FMpro V12.04 MacOSX 10.8.3

 

Many thanks

You could make a calculation field (type Number) with the formula:

 

Length ( YourBarcodeFieldName )

 

Then execute the above Find on that field.

 

HTH

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Lee 

Though a calc field would work, and could be a good idea, you can do this with a standard find.

 

Note that the @ character in find mode can be used to represent any single character.

 

In my example, I have phone numbers formatted to use 12 characters:

 

###-###-####

 

Therefore, entering find mode, putting in 12 "@" characters, choosing omit, and performing the find, shows me all records which do NOT have 12 characters in the phone number field.

Many Thanks Guys!

Both these suggestions worked perfectly