[OT] Need a simple FileMaker script

Mark Wieder mwieder at ahsoftware.net
Thu Aug 1 19:04:34 EDT 2013


Jacque-

Thursday, August 1, 2013, 1:33:32 PM, you wrote:

> Does anyone know how to:

> 1. Get the text in one cell
> 2. Concatenate the first 5 characters (or as many as exist) of the first
> 3 words
> 3. Put the value into another cell

I don't have the answer for you, but those are pretty weird
requirements. It looks like you are trying to construct a unique
identifier for a record from data in that record, which is Not A Good
Idea.

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-Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net





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