0021 - Selective Period (".")

Description:

Determines whether or not a period needs to be placed at the end of a sentence.

• Code •

IF LAST( TextVar , 1 ) CONTAINS "."
   ""
ELSE
   "."
END IF
 
 
Variation:

""
IF LAST( TextVar , 1 ) != "."
   "."
END IF

• Explanation •

This computation assumes that the text variable TextVar is the last element of the sentence. Occasionally a text variable will end in a period, as in names with titles ("Jay Robinson, M.D."). This computation will look at that variable, see whether it ends in a period, and if not produce a period. If the text variable does end in a period, the computation returns nothing.