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Ends with Function???

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PQTIII

IS-IT--Management
Sep 21, 2004
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Is there a function that allows you to pick data in fields where a string ends with a certain word? I have to filter out data that ends with the word "Backfill".

Cr9

data

5000 Backfill
4000 Backfill
5200 Bazza
TDW
TDN
Suz Backfill
3400 Bazza
SP Backfill

Thanks Paul
 
Try this

Code:
right(trimright({table.field}),8) = "Backfill"


The trimright function gets rid of any trailing blanks

-LW

 
LW

It worked great, thanks!

 
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