Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Text.FindBetween

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Text.FindBetween

Searches text for text between the two search strings.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Text	3.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Text.FindBetween"; Text; StartTag; EndTag { ; IgnoreCase; NthItem } ) More

(old name: String.FindBetween)

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Text The text to search inside. "<x>Hello</x>"

StartTag The first search text, e.g. start tag. "<x>"

EndTag The end tag to search, e.g. second search text. "</x>"

IgnoreCase Optional, whether to ignore case in search. Default is 0 for case sensitive search. 0 Optional

NthItem How many items to ignore before doing real search. Pass 1 to get second item. 0 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Text	The text to search inside.	"<x>Hello</x>"
StartTag	The first search text, e.g. start tag.	"<x>"
EndTag	The end tag to search, e.g. second search text.	"</x>"
IgnoreCase	Optional, whether to ignore case in search. Default is 0 for case sensitive search.	0	Optional
NthItem	How many items to ignore before doing real search. Pass 1 to get second item.	0	Optional

Result

Returns found text.

Description

Searches text for text between the two search strings.
This function is useful for quickly scanning XML documents.

For more complex XML queries, please use XML.Query function.