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eberhard Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Topic: Function search Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 5:37am
	I have a text field that i want to search for 'M" (it can be anywhere within the field. once I find M I need to extract the next 5 characters including the M. example 'Prototype M10444 revision' result = M10444
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 7:32am
	mid(table.field,instr(table.field,"M"),5)
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eberhard Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 8:15am
	exactly what i wanted ... thanks
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