How do I do a text calculation (e.g., First Name & " " & Last Name)
How do I do a text calculation (e.g., First Name & " " & Last Name)? So, if the contact's first name is "John" and his last name is "Doe", I want to create a Full Name calculation that yields the result "John Doe" (e.g., First Name & " " & Last Name). I can do this in Filemaker and Excel... can I do it in Ninox?
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The easy way.. See https://ninoxdb.de/en/manual/calculations/reference-of-functions-and-language
and search for "concat"..
let fullName := 'First Name' + " " + 'Last Name';
I there is a concat function but that is not what you want here.. as it puts a comma space ", " in between the values.
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Hi,
Of course you can. The formula to enter in the Full Name field is: text(First Name) + " " + (Last Name)
or using the visual composer: as text[First Name]+" "+Last Name
John
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That doesn't work. I get the error: ERR("Symbol expected: "")""")
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Use this code:
First Name + " " + Last Name
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sorry...
'First Name' + " " + 'Last Name'
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Strange. All three work for me and the last one (with quotes) gets corrected to no quotes.
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Okay, using 'First Name' + " " + 'Last Name' worked (John + Doe = John Doe), so then I added to it + " " + 'Suffix' (suffix is a fields the contains endings like Jr., Sr., Esq., etc)... and my results was the error "UNDEFINED"
Further, it removes the single quotes from 'Suffix' turning it into Suffix
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Does your suffix field comes from a dropdown selection? Then you must use: text(Suffix)
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Great! That worked. Many thanks! Is there handy-dandy quick reference guide to all of the calculation functions and their syntax?
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Context: I am considering converting a membership database currently maintain in Filemaker Pro; about 200 fields, and dozens of calculations (primarily text, but some COUNT and SUM functions). I have used FMPro since 1987, and am familiar with its scripting protocols (which is probably what is screwing me up with Ninox). How does Ninox compare to FMPro... is this a reasonable transition, or am I asking to much of Ninox?
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Hi,
You will find our Reference of functions and language here in our User Manual.
https://ninoxdb.de/en/manual/calculations/reference-of-functions-and-languageBest, Jörg
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Hey Girls (and Guys),
I understand how to "calculate" me "fullName" field: i.e. First + " " + Last and it shows up brilliantly in the table all finely lined up in order of the FIRST NAME. But i logically (at least my logic) want very thing lined up by the LAST NAME. "order by 'Last Name' does not work. Please can someone help?
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