Hi Ross, Our posts crossed, but mine made the point that the "+1" part of an expression like the one you suggest works only if there are, in fact, any values in the list. So somewhere in there, you need a test of some sort to make sure you're not adding 1 inappropriately.
John Weinshel Datagrace Vashon Island, WA (206) 463-1634 Member, FileMaker Business Alliance Certified For FileMaker 8 Certified For FileMaker 7 -----Original Message----- From: FileMaker Pro Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Dickson Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Getting the Count.... Chuck, Assuming that there is a pilcrow (¶) only between each item, then Set Variable [$Count; Value:PatternCount($Variable; "¶")+1] will put the number of items in $Variable into $Count. Ross Chuck Pelto wrote: > ....of items in a $Variable. > > Pouring over the documentation and not finding anything appropriate, how > does one get the number of itemsseparated by linesin a ScriptMaker > variable? > > E.g., $Variable has these items in it.... > > Dog¶Cat¶Chicken¶Fish > > There are four items in $Variable. > > Is there a call or function that will allow me to identify there are > four items in $Variable? I can't seem to identify it in the documentation. > > Regards, > > Chuck >
