Hi there I have a filtered portal that uses pattern count to filter....

 

It works fine but I would quite like the pattern count to behave a bit differently....

Instead of it looking at the whole word I would like it to act on just the start... eg...

 

If a user types "Neff" then Neff should appear but NOT Benne or Hene!

If a user types "Neff" then Neff should appear but NOT Benne or Hene!

 

Those wouldn't appear anyway, because PatternCount checks for the presence of the entire string, and not any sub-string permutations. Do you mean you want to see “Neff”, but not, say, "Mister Neff” or “aNeff”? Then try:

Let (
f = myTable::myPortalFilter ;
f = Left ( portalTO::field ; Length ( f ) )
)

If you want to apply PatternCount to the first word, try:

PatternCount ( LeftWords ( portalTO::field ; 1 ) ; myTable::myPortalFilter )

 

Those wouldn't appear anyway, because PatternCount checks for the presence of the entire string, and not any sub-string permutations. Do you mean you want to see “Neff”, but not, say, "Mister Neff” or “aNeff”? Then try:

Let (
f = myTable::myPortalFilter ;
f = Left ( portalTO::field ; Length ( f ) )
)

If you want to apply PatternCount to the first word, try:

PatternCount ( LeftWords ( portalTO::field ; 1 ) ; myTable::myPortalFilter )

Basically I want ...

 

Patterncount( "Neff";"Ne") to return 1 BUT Patterncount( "Neff";"ff") to return 0... because I want the pattercount to only work starting from the beginning of the string.

Basically I want ...

 

Patterncount( "Neff";"Ne") to return 1 BUT Patterncount( "Neff";"ff") to return 0... because I want the pattercount to only work starting from the beginning of the string.

 

Well, then you're not actually searching for a pattern, but comparing two strings; use the first method.