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FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 245
Examples
ValueCount(“Item 1¶Item 2¶Item 3”) returns 3.
ValueCount(ValueListItems(“Employees”;“Employee Names”)) returns the total
number of values in the Employee Names value list in the Employees database file.
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WordCount
Purpose
Returns a count of the total number of words in text.
Format
WordCount(text)
Parameters
text - any text expression or text field
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
WordCount(“The sun is rising.”) returns 4.
WordCount(Letter) returns the total number of words in the Letter field.
Note Characters such as the ampersand (&) and hyphen (-) can be used to identify the beginning
of a new word.
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