[FX.php List] [OFF] How does the List function work?

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

list?

what about
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$field = '10,9,9,5,10,3,1,10,6,7,8,2';
$arrayOfScores = explode( ',', $field);

or
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$field = '10,9,9,5,10,3,1,10,6,7,8,2';
list( $a, $b, $c, $d, $e, $f, $g, $h, $i, $j, $k, $l ) = explode( ',', $field);
---

ggt667

On Nov 27, 2007 9:35 PM, William Downs <william.downs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Carl
>
> You could use the following - if it's unique values that you are after.
>
> 1st, create a value list and use this FIELD_IN_QUESTION in the value
> list to grab all unique values - then, in the second table, use the
> ValueListItems function in a calculation field (unstored) and use the
> aforementioned value list to display these values in a carriage
> returned list - use the substitute function to swap our carriage
> returns with commas.
>
> Clear,
>
> Cheers
>
> William
>
>
> On 11/27/07, Carl Anderson <Carl.Anderson at asu.edu> wrote:
> > Good day, list:
> >
> > I'm trying to get the contents of a single field across all records in a
> > layout, and put those values into a list in a single field in a different
> > table.  In other words, the field on all records is "exam1" and I want the
> > "exam1rawscores" field in a separate layout to be something like this:
> >
> > 10,9,9,5,10,3,1,10,6,7,8,2
> >
> > Heck, the commas aren't even important--I'd be fine with the carriage
> > returns that (I believe) List() delivers.
> >
> > Which leads to my question: How can I get List() to do what I want?  Or am I
> > going about this all wrong?
> >
> > The function reference isn't terribly clear to me, someone who hasn't done
> > much scripting before.
> >
> > Sorry for the off-topic nature of this.  I'd do all this calculatin' in
> > FX.php, but sadly there's too much data to pull in.
> >
> > --
> > Carl Anderson
> > Technical Support Analyst
> > Distance Learning
> > Herberger College of the Arts
> > Arizona State University
> > http://herbergeronline.asu.edu
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