Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: List.RemoveEmptyItems

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New in version: 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Statistic

List.RemoveEmptyItems

Removes empty items in the list.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
List	4.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "List.RemoveEmptyItems"; List { ; NoReturnEnding } )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

List The list to process. "Hello" ¶ "" ¶ "World"

NoReturnEnding Optional
Pass 1 to have no extra newline character on the end of the returned list. Default is 0 to include one to easily concat lists. 1

Parameter	Description	Example value
List	The list to process.	"Hello" ¶ "" ¶ "World"
NoReturnEnding	Optional Pass 1 to have no extra newline character on the end of the returned list. Default is 0 to include one to easily concat lists.	1

Result

Returns new list.

Description

Removes empty items in the list.

Examples

Remove empty lines:

MBS( "List.RemoveEmptyItems"; "Hello" ¶ "" ¶ "World" )

Example Databases

Text functions/Lists

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 21st September 2014

List.RemoveDuplicateItems - List.RemovePostfix