# Fun discussion: what's your favorite Text Blaze formula?

**URL:** <https://community.blaze.today/t/fun-discussion-whats-your-favorite-text-blaze-formula/25940>\
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**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.blaze.today/t/fun-discussion-whats-your-favorite-text-blaze-formula/25940 "2023-01-27T15:17:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dylan](https://community.blaze.today/user_avatar/community.blaze.today/dylan/32/5609_2.png) [@Dylan](https://community.blaze.today/u/Dylan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.blaze.today/t/fun-discussion-whats-your-favorite-text-blaze-formula/25940/1 "2023-01-27T15:17:09Z")

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Hey Text Blaze community 🔥

I posted last week asking about everyone's favorite commands, and it was a fun discussion!

> This time, I'm wondering: **what is your favorite Text Blaze [function](https://blaze.today/formulas/reference/) (or combination of them)?**

Using formulas with functions can be pretty useful. Personally, I like to use the _count_ and _filter_ list functions to interact with my Data Blaze tables. It helps me generate reports with useful information quickly. Plus, I find myself interacting with lists quite often 🙂

Please feel free to share your favorite functions/function combos!

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**Author:** ![Cedric\_Debono\_Blaze](https://community.blaze.today/user_avatar/community.blaze.today/cedric_debono_blaze/32/1672_2.png) [@Cedric\_Debono\_Blaze](https://community.blaze.today/u/Cedric_Debono_Blaze)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.blaze.today/t/fun-discussion-whats-your-favorite-text-blaze-formula/25940/2 "2023-01-27T17:15:54Z")

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Ok, so I've been quite silent recently with my head buried in making videos, so I'm gonna dive into this one 😁

One of my favorite functions is `split()` which I use extensively as a quick way to create lists dynamically.

Here's an example:

Content to break up into a list (one item per line):  
{formparagraph: name=content; rows=5; default=  
item 1  
item 2  
item 3  
item 4}

{note: preview=no; trim=right}  
Creating my list by splitting the contents of my paragraph field at the line breaks:  
{list=split(content, "\n")}

{endnote: trim=right}

My menu with items specified in the paragraph field above:  
{formmenu: values={=list}}

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**Author:** ![Pratik\_Shah](https://community.blaze.today/user_avatar/community.blaze.today/pratik_shah/32/3339_2.png) [@Pratik\_Shah](https://community.blaze.today/u/Pratik_Shah)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://community.blaze.today/t/fun-discussion-whats-your-favorite-text-blaze-formula/25940/3 "2023-01-28T09:56:37Z")

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I agree with this. I use these a lot.