Functions Reference

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Table Of Contents

Contents
Functions reference (alphabetical list)
About functions
- Working with formulas and functions
- Using this functions reference
Aggregate functions
- Average
- Count
- List
- Max
- Min
- StDev
- StDevP
- Sum
- Variance
- VarianceP
Container functions
- Base64Decode
- Base64Encode
- GetContainerAttribute
- GetHeight
- GetThumbnail
- GetWidth
- VerifyContainer
Date functions
- Date
- Day
- DayName
- DayNameJ
- DayOfWeek
- DayOfYear
- Month
- MonthName
- MonthNameJ
- WeekOfYear
- WeekOfYearFiscal
- Year
- YearName
Design functions
- DatabaseNames
- FieldBounds
- FieldComment
- FieldIDs
- FieldNames
- FieldRepetitions
- FieldStyle
- FieldType
- GetNextSerialValue
- LayoutIDs
- LayoutNames
- LayoutObjectNames
- RelationInfo
- ScriptIDs
- ScriptNames
- TableIDs
- TableNames
- ValueListIDs
- ValueListItems
- ValueListNames
- WindowNames
External functions
- External
Financial functions
- FV
- NPV
- PMT
- PV
Get functions
- Get(AccountExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(AccountName)
- Get(AccountPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(ActiveFieldContents)
- Get(ActiveFieldName)
- Get(ActiveFieldTableName)
- Get(ActiveLayoutObjectName)
- Get(ActiveModifierKeys)
- Get(ActivePortalRowNumber)
- Get(ActiveRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ActiveSelectionSize)
- Get(ActiveSelectionStart)
- Get(AllowAbortState)
- Get(AllowFormattingBarState)
- Get(ApplicationArchitecture)
- Get(ApplicationLanguage)
- Get(ApplicationVersion)
- Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ConnectionAttributes)
- Get(ConnectionState)
- Get(CurrentDate)
- Get(CurrentExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(CurrentHostTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(CurrentTime)
- Get(CurrentTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentTimeUTCMilliseconds)
- Get(CustomMenuSetName)
- Get(DesktopPath)
- Get(Device)
- Get(DocumentsPath)
- Get(DocumentsPathListing)
- Get(EncryptionState)
- Get(ErrorCaptureState)
- Get(FileMakerPath)
- Get(FileName)
- Get(FilePath)
- Get(FileSize)
- Get(FoundCount)
- Get(HighContrastColor)
- Get(HighContrastState)
- Get(HostApplicationVersion)
- Get(HostIPAddress)
- Get(HostName)
- Get(InstalledFMPlugins)
- Get(LastError)
- Get(LastMessageChoice)
- Get(LastODBCError)
- Get(LayoutAccess)
- Get(LayoutCount)
- Get(LayoutName)
- Get(LayoutNumber)
- Get(LayoutTableName)
- Get(LayoutViewState)
- Get(MenubarState)
- Get(ModifiedFields)
- Get(MultiUserState)
- Get(NetworkProtocol)
- Get(NetworkType)
- Get(PageNumber)
- Get(PersistentID)
- Get(PreferencesPath)
- Get(PrinterName)
- Get(QuickFindText)
- Get(RecordAccess)
- Get(RecordID)
- Get(RecordModificationCount)
- Get(RecordNumber)
- Get(RecordOpenCount)
- Get(RecordOpenState)
- Get(RequestCount)
- Get(RequestOmitState)
- Get(ScreenDepth)
- Get(ScreenHeight)
- Get(ScreenScaleFactor)
- Get(ScreenWidth)
- Get(ScriptAnimationState)
- Get(ScriptName)
- Get(ScriptParameter)
- Get(ScriptResult)
- Get(SortState)
- Get(StatusAreaState)
- Get(SystemDrive)
- Get(SystemIPAddress)
- Get(SystemLanguage)
- Get(SystemNICAddress)
- Get(SystemPlatform)
- Get(SystemVersion)
- Get(TemporaryPath)
- Get(TextRulerVisible)
- Get(TotalRecordCount)
- Get(TouchKeyboardState)
- Get(TriggerCurrentPanel)
- Get(TriggerExternalEvent)
- Get(TriggerGestureInfo)
- Get(TriggerKeystroke)
- Get(TriggerModifierKeys)
- Get(TriggerTargetPanel)
- Get(UserCount)
- Get(UserName)
- Get(UseSystemFormatsState)
- Get(UUID)
- Get(WindowContentHeight)
- Get(WindowContentWidth)
- Get(WindowDesktopHeight)
- Get(WindowDesktopWidth)
- Get(WindowHeight)
- Get(WindowLeft)
- Get(WindowMode)
- Get(WindowName)
- Get(WindowOrientation)
- Get(WindowStyle)
- Get(WindowTop)
- Get(WindowVisible)
- Get(WindowWidth)
- Get(WindowZoomLevel)
Logical functions
- Case
- Choose
- Evaluate
- EvaluationError
- ExecuteSQL
- GetAsBoolean
- GetAVPlayerAttribute
- GetField
- GetFieldName
- GetLayoutObjectAttribute
- GetNthRecord
- If
- IsEmpty
- IsValid
- IsValidExpression
- Let
- Lookup
- LookupNext
- Self
Mobile functions
- Location
- LocationValues
Number functions
- Abs
- Ceiling
- Combination
- Div
- Exp
- Factorial
- Floor
- Int
- Lg
- Ln
- Log
- Mod
- Random
- Round
- SetPrecision
- Sign
- Sqrt
- Truncate
Repeating functions
- Extend
- GetRepetition
- Last
Summary functions
- GetSummary
Text functions
- Char
- Code
- Exact
- Filter
- FilterValues
- Furigana
- GetAsCSS
- GetAsDate
- GetAsNumber
- GetAsSVG
- GetAsText
- GetAsTime
- GetAsTimestamp
- GetAsURLEncoded
- GetValue
- Hiragana
- KanaHankaku
- KanaZenkaku
- KanjiNumeral
- Katakana
- Left
- LeftValues
- LeftWords
- Length
- Lower
- Middle
- MiddleValues
- MiddleWords
- NumToJText
- PatternCount
- Position
- Proper
- Quote
- Replace
- Right
- RightValues
- RightWords
- RomanHankaku
- RomanZenkaku
- SerialIncrement
- Substitute
- Trim
- TrimAll
- Upper
- ValueCount
- WordCount
Text formatting functions
- RGB
- TextColor
- TextColorRemove
- TextFont
- TextFontRemove
- TextFormatRemove
- TextSize
- TextSizeRemove
- TextStyleAdd
- TextStyleRemove
Time functions
- Hour
- Minute
- Seconds
- Time
Timestamp functions
- Timestamp
Trigonometric functions
- Acos
- Asin
- Atan
- Cos
- Degrees
- Pi
- Radians
- Sin
- Tan
Glossary

Text functions

ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 311

LeftWords

Purpose

Returns text containing the specified numberOfWords in text, counting from the left.

Format

LeftWords(text;numberOfWords)

Parameters

text - any text expression or text field

numberOfWords - any numeric expression or field containing a number

Data type returned

text

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Examples

LeftWords(“Plaid Canvas Suitcase”;2) returns Plaid Canvas.

LeftWords(Name;1) returns Sophie, when the Name field contains Sophie Tang.

Note Characters such as the ampersand (&) and hyphen (-) can be used to identify the beginning

of a new word.