FORMULA LANGUAGE
Examples: Trimming, repeating, adding a new line, and changing case
1. (@Trim). This example returns [Now is the time], removing all extraneous spaces.
Untrimmed := " Now is the time ";
Trimmed := @Trim(Untrimmed);
@Prompt([Ok]; "Untrimmed"; "[" + Untrimmed + "]");
@Prompt([Ok]; "Trimmed"; "[" + Trimmed + "]")
2. (@Trim, @ProperCase). This example converts the words in Name to initial uppercase characters and deletes leading, trailing, and extraneous spaces. If " jane j smith" is entered for Name, this formula converts it to "Jane J Smith."
@Trim(@ProperCase(Name))
3. (@Repeat). This example returns "Great Month! Great Month! Great Month!" in the Comments field if the Sales field is 100,000 or greater.
FIELD Comments := @If(Sales >= 100000; @Repeat("Great Month! "; 3); Sales >= 50000; "Good Month"; "I want to see you in my office");
SELECT @All
4. (@NewLine). This example returns the user name and the date separated by a new line.
@UserName + @NewLine + @Text(@Now)
5. (@LowerCase). This example returns the user name in lowercase.
@LowerCase(@UserName)
6. (@UpperCase). This example returns the user name in uppercase.
@UpperCase(@UserName)
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