the key is iterating backwards. if you iterate forward 1 char at a time,
and you replace one char, the quote, with a multi char string, the
repeat loop gets mighty confused about where it is. the same thing can
happen when you loop through a list, and change the list in the loop. do
it backwards, and the extra characters are added at a point that's after
the iteration point, so the next iteration of the loop deals with the
correct char.
-bhakti, being slightly pedantic
Changhsu Liu wrote:
>
> At 11:32 PM 7/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Is there a way to achieve what I need?
> >
> >Try this:
> >
> >on convertQuote aField
> > aString = the text of field aField
> > temp = aString.char.count
> > quotestring = quote & " & quote & " & quote
> > repeat with i = temp down to 1
> > if char i of aString = quote then put quotestring into char i of aString
> > end repeat
> > return aString
> >end
> >
> It works great, and thanks a lot for simplifying my unnecessary long
> script. I learned a lot. Thanks!
>
> Regards,
>
> Changhsu Liu
>
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