Returns unique values that are in a list based on the specified data type and locale.
UniqueValues ( values {; datatype ; locale } )
values
- any text expression or field that's a list of values separated by carriage returns.
datatype
- a number that specifies the type of data in values
(see below).
locale
- the name of the locale of the data in values
(see below).
Parameters in braces { } are optional.
text
FileMaker Pro 16.0
For a description of a list of values, see ValueCount function.
Each returned value ends with a carriage return, allowing lists to be easily concatenated.
The datatype
and locale
parameters work the same as those of the SortValues function, except that they affect only how this function determines uniqueness; the data is not sorted. Uniqueness is determined in the same manner as for indexing. See Choosing a language for indexing or sorting.
•If you set the locale
parameter to Unicode_Raw
, this function will distinguish between values based on their Unicode numeric encoding, which for example, differentiates between characters with different case and diacritical marks.
•This function is not supported in runtime solutions and returns "?".
UniqueValues ( "34¶600¶18¶600¶18.0" ; 2 )
returns 34¶600¶18¶.
UniqueValues ( Product::Colors )
removes duplicates based on the default data type of text in a file in which the locale is English:
RED¶green¶yellow¶
when the Product::Colors field contains RED¶green¶red¶yellow¶
.