Functions Reference

FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 216
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
PatternCount(“Mississippi”;“is”) returns 2.
PatternCount(“Mississippi”;“issi”) returns 1 (the function isn’t inclusive).
PatternCount(Attending;“Guest”) returns 1 if the Guest checkbox is one of the items
selected in the Attending field.
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Functions reference (alphabetical list)
Position
Purpose
Returns the starting position of the specified occurrence of searchString in text.
Format
Position(text;searchString;start;occurrence)
Parameters
text - any text expression or text field
searchString - any text expression or text field representing the set of characters you want to
find.
start - any numeric expression, or field containing a number, representing the number of
characters from the start of the text string at which to begin the search.
occurrence - any numeric expression or field containing a number, representing which instance of
the text string you want to find. A negative occurrence value causes the scan to go in the opposite
direction from start. A zero value for occurrence is invalid and returns a result of zero.
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
This function is not case-sensitive. If searchString isn’t contained in text or if there was no
specified occurrence, zero is returned.