Well, you could first pre-process the string and strip out any spaces, as in:
on compress stringData
newString =""
strLen =length(stringData)
repeat with x=1 to strLen
thisChar =char x of stringData
if (thisChar <> " ") then
newString =newString & thisChar
end if
end repeat
return(newString)
end
So, symbol(member("teamname").text)
becomes symbol(compress(member("teamname").text))
However, I would say (1) there are other ways of invalidating the symbol
besides just spaces, and (2) properties DON'T HAVE TO BE symbols. They
could be just strings. Although this slows down the processing and
increases the memory requirements, if you just have a small number (couple
hundred, tops) then it wouldn't really matter. In that case, just do:
setaprop(member("teamname").text, ... etc.
- Tab
At 03:36 AM 5/8/01 +0100, Alan Robinson wrote:
>Hi all
>I am trying to create a data structure from a data entry screen by setting
>the property as a symbol and the value based on the names entered in a field
>using this code:
>mainlist.sub1.teams.setaprop(symbol(member("teamname").text),[#name:member("
>teamname").text,#group:member("teamgroup").text])
>It appears that anything typed after a space in the field is ignored as the
>property. Consequently if two names begin with the same initial then only
>one appears in the database. Is there a way to create symbol properties that
>will ignore the space typed in the field. If not any suggestions on
>alternative solutions much appreciated.
>Alan
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