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The getformulatext statement converts a formula into text without special quote characters.

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Parameters

This statement has two parameters:

template – Name of field or variable to store text of formula.

formula – Formula.

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Description

Many statements require a formula as text, which usually requires using special quote characters like “ ” or { }. This can get confusing. The getformulatext statement allows you to convert a formula into text without special quote characters.

This procedure will display "2+2"

local myFormula
getformulatext myFormula,2+2
message myFormula

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See Also

• Diagnosing a Formula embedded in a Form Object -- diagnosing problems with formulas embedded in form objects.
• formulatokencount( -- returns a count of the number of tokens in a formula.
• grabformula -- evaluates a formula using data from another database.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	No Change	Carried over from Panorama 6.0.