I have a field that receives a bunch of first names from a portal, thanks to the List function. The result might look like this:

 

Alice, Bill, Chuck

 

However, I need for the list to read:

 

Alice, Bill, and Chuck

 

 

I need to find the last comma in the text and add an "and" to it. I have been messing around with the Position function stuffed inside of a Substitute function, but I can't get it right. Can someone help?

 

FMPA14

 

 

Rick A.
Pleasanton CA

Hi Rick,

It is best not to create another calculation which adjusts your first calculation because cascading calculations are very slow.  Instead, I suggest that you replace yours with something like this:

Let ( [
values = List ( yourRelatedNames ) ;
pos = Position (  values ; ¶ ; Length ( values ) ; - 1 ) ;
fix = If ( pos ; Replace ( values ; pos ; 1 ; " and " ) ; values )
] ;
Substitute ( fix ; ¶ ; ", " )
)

It is simpler to handle the fix before the substitute. :-)

Edited February 5, 20169 yr by LaRetta