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List.CountValuesMatching

Count matching entries in list.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
List 10.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "List.CountValuesMatching"; List; Operator; Value { ; Mode } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
List The list to process. "Hello" ¶ "" ¶ "World"
Operator The compare operator.
Can be =, !=, <, >, <=, >=, ≤, ≥ or ≠.
"≥"
Value The value to check against.
Mode Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 10.3 or newer.
Pass 1 for numeric comparison.
Default is 0 for text comparison.
0 Optional

Result

Returns number or error.

Description

Count matching entries in list.
This uses text comparison!

Examples

Count values ≥3:

MBS( "List.CountValuesMatching"; "1¶2¶3¶4"; ">="; 3 )

Example result: 2

Count values <4:

MBS( "List.CountValuesMatching"; "1¶2¶3¶4"; "<"; 4 )

Count values below 100 numerically:

MBS("List.CountValuesMatching";"10¶20¶300¶40";"<";100; 1)

Example result: 3

See also

Release notes

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Created 5th April 2020, last changed 23th June 2020


List.CountValues - List.CrossProduct