Functions (all)

Section

Function Name:

Section

Description:

This function is for use with text fields that are separated into multiple sections - either using commas or using any other series of one or more characters as separator characters to define the 'boundaries' of each section.  It allows a specific section to be retrieved.

See also TextPart.

Minimum FH Version:

7.0

No. of Parameters:

3

Return Type:

Text

Parameter 1:

String.  The input text

Parameter 2:

Number. Optional.  Defaults to 1 if not supplied.  The section to be returned.  Specify 1 for the first, 2 for the second, and so on.

Parameter 3:

String.  Optional.  Defaults to a comma, if not supplied.  This is the text to be used as 'separator' for the different sections

Examples:

Assuming the input text (%INDI.NOTE2%) contains "ready||steady||go", the following function calls will return the values shown:

=Section(%INDI.NOTE2%,1,"||")	ready
=Section(%INDI.NOTE2%,2,"||")	steady
=Section(%INDI.NOTE2%,3,"||")	go