Count
Purpose
Returns the number of valid, non-blank values in a field.
Format
Count(field{;field...})
Parameters
field - any
related field,
repeating field, or set of non-repeating
fields; or an
expression that returns a field, repeating field, or set of non-repeating fields.
Parameters in braces { } are optional.
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Field can be any of the following:
•a repeating field (repeatingField).
•a field in matching
related records specified by
(table::field), whether or not these records appear in a
portal.
•several non-repeating fields in a record (field1;field2;field3...).
•corresponding repetitions of repeating fields in a
record (repeatingField1;repeatingField2;repeatingField3), if the result is returned in a repeating field with at least the same number of repeats.
•several fields in the first matching record specified by
(table::field1;table::field2;...). You can include fields from different
tables (table 1::field A;table 2::field B...).
Notes
•When a referenced field is a repeating field, the Count function returns the total number of valid, non-blank values in the first repetition field, then the number of valid, non-blank values in the second repetition field, and so on.
Examples
The Accounts
layout has a portal showing installment payments made.
Count(Payments::Payment) returns the number of payments made on an account.
In the following examples:
•Field1 contains two repetitions with values of 1 and 2.
•Field2 contains four repetitions with values of 5, 6, 7, and 8.
•Field3 contains 6.
Count(Field2) returns 4 when the calculation isn’t a repeating field.
Count(Field1;Field2;Field3) returns 3, 2, 1, 1 when the calculation is a repeating field.
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