OH, the light bulb is starting to glow brighter! Thank you! Chris > From: Irv Kalb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:33:13 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> displaying text from list > > No, you don't want to change your original data, you just want to > build a string with returns in it. > > Here's my untested version: > > on ListToString listIn > stringOut = "" > nItems = count(listIn) > repeat with i = 1 to nItems > put (listIn[i] & RETURN) after stringOut > end repeat > return stringOut > end > > Call this routine, pass in your list, it will return a string, put > the string into some field or text member to display it. > > Irv > > At 10:51 AM -0500 6/27/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Thank you guys, >> I'll try these and see what happens. Perhaps if I duplicate the list before >> dumping it into the field I could then avoid hard returns in the actual >> list, right? >> Chris >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:35:55 -0400 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: <lingo-l> displaying text from list >>> >>> >>> -- not tested :) >>> repeat with i=1 to myList.count >>> tItem = myList[i] >>> tItem = tItem & RETURN >>> myList[i] = tItem >>> end repeat >>> >>> -- potential problem is you now have hard returns in your data >>> -- hope this helps >>> --mv >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mail4.fcgnetworks.net on 06/27/2003 11:01:17 AM >>> >>> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> cc: >>> >>> Subject: <lingo-l> displaying text from list >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> Is there any way to insert a RETURN or SPACE after each item in a linear >>> list? I am working on a questionaire with checkboxes that stores the text >>> in >>> a global list and after the user is finished with the questionaire I want >>> them to be able to read the answers. So I've dumped the list into a field >>> but there are no spaces between each item and the text is hard to read. >>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! >>> Chris Satory >>> >>> >>> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >>> http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L >>> is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >>> http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is >>> for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] >> >> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >> to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >> list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >> programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > -- > > Multimedia Wrangler. > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is > for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
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