Re: repeating string

[Bob Sneidar]

Something like, put “burger” into the mouth of me with “force”? Or maybe, set 
the mouth of “bob” to “full” with “burger”? Hmmm… I’m guessing I’m hungry. BRB!

Bob


On Feb 11, 2014, at 09:51 , Mike Kerner  wrote:

> I guess I'm more of a fan of having multiple ways of saying something,
> because then each person can use whatever feels most natural and intuitive
> to them instead of being forced.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:40 PM, J. Landman Gay
> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/10/14, 6:15 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
>> 
>> I don't see any need to invent a new verb "pad"; why not simply
>>> something like
>>> 
>>> put  [for N times] 
>>> or
>>> put [N copies of]  
>>> 
>>> Thus
>>>put "hello" into myVar
>>>put "xyz" for 2 times after char 3 of myVar--> helxyzxyzlo
>>> or perhaps
>>>put 2 copies of "xyz" after char 3 of myVar
>>> 
>>> Or indeed
>>>put "abc" & 4 copies of " " & "def" into newVar
>>> to give a value of "abcdef"
>>> 
>> 
>> I could go with the first one, but if we're to avoid inventing new syntax
>> then I'd drop the version that uses "copies". But the first variation would
>> work and I like the idea of building off existing terminology.
>> 
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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

I guess I'm more of a fan of having multiple ways of saying something,
because then each person can use whatever feels most natural and intuitive
to them instead of being forced.


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:40 PM, J. Landman Gay
wrote:

> On 2/10/14, 6:15 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
>
>  I don't see any need to invent a new verb "pad"; why not simply
>> something like
>>
>> put  [for N times] 
>> or
>> put [N copies of]  
>>
>> Thus
>> put "hello" into myVar
>> put "xyz" for 2 times after char 3 of myVar--> helxyzxyzlo
>> or perhaps
>> put 2 copies of "xyz" after char 3 of myVar
>>
>> Or indeed
>> put "abc" & 4 copies of " " & "def" into newVar
>> to give a value of "abcdef"
>>
>
> I could go with the first one, but if we're to avoid inventing new syntax
> then I'd drop the version that uses "copies". But the first variation would
> work and I like the idea of building off existing terminology.
>
>
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Re: repeating string

[J. Landman Gay]

On 2/10/14, 6:15 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:


I don't see any need to invent a new verb "pad"; why not simply
something like

put  [for N times] 
or
put [N copies of]  

Thus
put "hello" into myVar
put "xyz" for 2 times after char 3 of myVar--> helxyzxyzlo
or perhaps
put 2 copies of "xyz" after char 3 of myVar

Or indeed
put "abc" & 4 copies of " " & "def" into newVar
to give a value of "abcdef"


I could go with the first one, but if we're to avoid inventing new 
syntax then I'd drop the version that uses "copies". But the first 
variation would work and I like the idea of building off existing 
terminology.


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Re: repeating string

[Devin Asay]

On Feb 10, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Alex Tweedly 
 wrote:

> On 10/02/2014 17:51, Devin Asay wrote:
>> Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like:
>> 
>> pad  with  at beginning|end| [for] N 
>> [times]
>> 
>> So,
>> 
>> pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times
>> 
>> pad fld "foo" with 0 at end 10 times
>> 
>> pad "hello" with "xyz" after char 3 for 2 times --> helxyzxyzlo
>> 
>> 
> While I like the general idea, I don't think that's the *most* LC-like syntax.
> I don't see any need to invent a new verb "pad"; why not simply something like
> 
> put  [for N times] 
> or
> put [N copies of]  
> 
> Thus
>   put "hello" into myVar
>   put "xyz" for 2 times after char 3 of myVar--> helxyzxyzlo
> or perhaps
>   put 2 copies of "xyz" after char 3 of myVar
> 
> Or indeed
>   put "abc" & 4 copies of " " & "def" into newVar
> to give a value of "abcdef"


I like your suggestion, Alex. It makes sense to simply add capability to an 
existing command. I wonder whether the open language model will make it easy to 
support syntax enhancements like this?

Devin

Devin Asay
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University


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Re: repeating string

[Alex Tweedly]

On 10/02/2014 17:51, Devin Asay wrote:

Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like:

pad  with  at beginning|end| [for] N 
[times]

So,

pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times

pad fld "foo" with 0 at end 10 times

pad "hello" with "xyz" after char 3 for 2 times --> helxyzxyzlo


While I like the general idea, I don't think that's the *most* LC-like 
syntax.
I don't see any need to invent a new verb "pad"; why not simply 
something like


put  [for N times] 
or
put [N copies of]  

Thus
   put "hello" into myVar
   put "xyz" for 2 times after char 3 of myVar--> helxyzxyzlo
or perhaps
   put 2 copies of "xyz" after char 3 of myVar

Or indeed
   put "abc" & 4 copies of " " & "def" into newVar
to give a value of "abcdef"

-- Alex.


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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

I like that, too


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:54 PM, J. Landman Gay
wrote:

> On 2/10/14, 11:51 AM, Devin Asay wrote:
>
>> Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like:
>>
>> pad  with  at beginning|end| [for]
>> N [times]
>>
>> So,
>>
>> pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times
>>
>> pad fld "foo" with 0 at end 10 times
>>
>> pad "hello" with "xyz" after char 3 for 2 times --> helxyzxyzlo
>>
>
> Ooh. Nice! Like.
>
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Re: repeating string

[J. Landman Gay]

On 2/10/14, 11:51 AM, Devin Asay wrote:

Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like:

pad  with  at beginning|end| [for] N 
[times]

So,

pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times

pad fld "foo" with 0 at end 10 times

pad "hello" with "xyz" after char 3 for 2 times --> helxyzxyzlo


Ooh. Nice! Like.

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Re: repeating string

[Devin Asay]

On Feb 8, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Geoff Canyon  wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner wrote:
> 
>> put 30 "a" into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and
>> put 30 "a"'s into goop is almost unreadable
>> 
> 
> If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in:
> 
> put 30 * "a" into goop
> 
> This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables:
> 
> put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
> put 5 * "15" -- puts 1515151515
> put 15 into x
> put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
> put "15" into x
> put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change
> 
> Perhaps "of"?
> 
> put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515

Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like:

pad  with  at beginning|end| [for] N 
[times]

So,

pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times

pad fld "foo" with 0 at end 10 times

pad "hello" with "xyz" after char 3 for 2 times --> helxyzxyzlo


Devin

Devin Asay
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University


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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

the BASIC RPT$ syntax is s not LC.  "of" might work, though.  I
also hate the * syntax.  Yes, I know what it means, but I'm a CS junkie.


On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:54 AM, Jerry Jensen  wrote:

> How about rpt(15,5) ? If you don't quote the "15", the numberformat would
> take effect, I guess.
>
> On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Geoff Canyon  wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner  >wrote:
> >
> >> put 30 "a" into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and
> >> put 30 "a"'s into goop is almost unreadable
> >>
> >
> > If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in:
> >
> > put 30 * "a" into goop
> >
> > This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables:
> >
> > put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
> > put 5 * "15" -- puts 1515151515
> > put 15 into x
> > put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
> > put "15" into x
> > put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change
> >
> > Perhaps "of"?
> >
> > put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515
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Re: repeating string

[Jerry Jensen]

How about rpt(15,5) ? If you don't quote the "15", the numberformat would take 
effect, I guess.

On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Geoff Canyon  wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner wrote:
> 
>> put 30 "a" into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and
>> put 30 "a"'s into goop is almost unreadable
>> 
> 
> If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in:
> 
> put 30 * "a" into goop
> 
> This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables:
> 
> put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
> put 5 * "15" -- puts 1515151515
> put 15 into x
> put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
> put "15" into x
> put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change
> 
> Perhaps "of"?
> 
> put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515
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Re: repeating string

[Geoff Canyon]

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner wrote:

> put 30 "a" into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and
> put 30 "a"'s into goop is almost unreadable
>

If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in:

put 30 * "a" into goop

This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables:

put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
put 5 * "15" -- puts 1515151515
put 15 into x
put 5 * 15 -- puts 75
put "15" into x
put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change

Perhaps "of"?

put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515
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Re: repeating string

[Richard Gaskin]

Nice, Peter.

Inspired by that I wondered if we might use the lineDel to some 
advantage here, and it turns out to be ever so slightly faster:


on mouseUp
   put 1 into n
   -- test 1:
   put the millisecs into t
   repeat n
  put MakeString("#", 100) into r1
   end repeat
   put the millisecs - t into t1
   -- test 2:
   put the millisecs into t
   repeat n
  put MakeString2("#", 100) into r2
   end repeat
   put the millisecs - t into t2
   -- display results:
   put t1  && t2 && (r1=r2)&cr& r1 &len(r1) &cr& r2  &len(r2)
end mouseUp

function makeString tChar, n
   -- returns a string of n characters (tChar)
   -- no repeat loop!
   put cr into line n of m
   replace cr with tChar in m
   return m
end makeString

function makeString2 tChar, n
   set the linedel to tChar
   put tChar into line n of m
   return m
end makeString2


On my slow Mac that produces:

75 70 true
100
100

And if the char you need is either space or null, binaryEncode can 
produce a string of arbitrary length padded with either of those (and a 
whole lot more  - binaryEncode is quite a powerhouse of utility).


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 Fourth World Systems
 
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Re: repeating string

[Peter M. Brigham]

Without using Regex, you can do this:

function makeString tChar, n
   -- returns a string of n characters (tChar)
   -- no repeat loop!
   put cr into line n of m
   replace cr with tChar in m
   return m
end makeString

-- Peter

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On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:

> On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote:
>> Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
>> character, like "#"?
>> 
>> 
> 
> put replacetext( format("%30s", " "), " ", "x") into myVar
> 
> (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no 
> library involved).
> -- Alex.
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Re: [Bulk] Re: repeating string

[Dave McKee]

Please ignore this rant, I managed to respond to the wrong email

Hodie Non Cras

> On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:27 AM, Dave McKee  wrote:
> 
> I am fed up with this Piper system. This AM, I couldn't connect at all to the 
> working piper, when I launched the ios app I was prompted to run wifi setup 
> and to double tap the piper power button before connecting to its wifi, BUT 
> after selecting the Piper wifi, it never gets the check mark in my wifi 
> settings, meaning that my iPhone 5S can not connect to it.
> 
> I have tried powering the Piper off and on but I always end up back with 
> being unable to connect to the Piper or reconfigure.
> 
> Sorry but this system just does NOT work. If I thought I could get my 
> investment back, I'd ask for it. This system is sucking down AC and asside 
> from warming up the room, does nothing useful.
> 
> Hodie Non Cras
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:07 AM, Dave Kilroy  wrote:
>> 
>> Very nice Bob - I must get into using libraries myself, I'm using a variety
>> of methods to help me reuse code but they are all a bit kludgy - I think I'm
>> just about ready to bite the bullet...
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Bulk] Re: repeating string

[Dave McKee]

I am fed up with this Piper system. This AM, I couldn't connect at all to the 
working piper, when I launched the ios app I was prompted to run wifi setup and 
to double tap the piper power button before connecting to its wifi, BUT after 
selecting the Piper wifi, it never gets the check mark in my wifi settings, 
meaning that my iPhone 5S can not connect to it.

I have tried powering the Piper off and on but I always end up back with being 
unable to connect to the Piper or reconfigure.

Sorry but this system just does NOT work. If I thought I could get my 
investment back, I'd ask for it. This system is sucking down AC and asside from 
warming up the room, does nothing useful.

Hodie Non Cras

> On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:07 AM, Dave Kilroy  wrote:
> 
> Very nice Bob - I must get into using libraries myself, I'm using a variety
> of methods to help me reuse code but they are all a bit kludgy - I think I'm
> just about ready to bite the bullet...
> 
> 
> 
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> them." - William Shakespeare & Hugh Senior
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Re: repeating string

[Dave Kilroy]

Very nice Bob - I must get into using libraries myself, I'm using a variety
of methods to help me reuse code but they are all a bit kludgy - I think I'm
just about ready to bite the bullet...



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Re: repeating string

[Bob Sneidar]

To avoid having to recode yourself, you should get in the habit of building a 
library stack that you insert into the front of every app you are building. 
That way you can have a central library of common reusable code, which is why 
library stacks were meant to do. 

I am working on a Database Setup card (have been for a couple years now) where 
all my database related commands and functions go. I keep the code in a button 
on the same card, so that by simply going to the card, the script of that 
button gets inserted into the front by the openCard handler. 

That means I can copy/paste the card into any stack I want, and on openStack 
all I have to do is GO to the Database Setup card, and everything else happens 
automagically, including using registering my sqlYoga stuff, checking to see if 
the connection is viable, making the connection, editing the connection etc. 
Very handy using libraries and inserting. 

Bob


On Feb 4, 2014, at 18:28 , Mike Kerner  wrote:

> There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right?
> 
> put 30 spaces into a or
> put space * 30 into a
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Re: repeating string

[Peter Haworth]

This would be a useful command in LC.  I'd like to see a "strip
leading/trailing" command to.  I usually do that with a regExp but like the
solution to this problem, it's not the most readable thing in the world.

Sounds like it might be worth a post to the Open Source forum.

Pete
lcSQL Software 
Home of lcStackBrowser  and
SQLiteAdmin 


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Alex Tweedly  wrote:

> I absolutely agree. I have a function in my personal "standard library"
> that does (something close to) this, and I would never consider replacing
> that with this C-like code; I wrote C for a living for too many years
> already, thanks.
>
> But as an answer to the request (i.e. native LC, not a function), it's the
> best I can do :-)
>
> -- Alex.
>
> On 05/02/2014 17:51, Mike Kerner wrote:
>
>> don't get me wrong, I hate it, because it's c and I can't just stare at it
>> and know that %30s means pad the front with spaces, but nice.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Mike Kerner 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  nice.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly  wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote:

  Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
> character, like "#"?
>
>
>
>  put replacetext( format("%30s", " "), " ", "x") into myVar

 (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and
 no
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Re: repeating string

[Alex Tweedly]

I absolutely agree. I have a function in my personal "standard library" 
that does (something close to) this, and I would never consider 
replacing that with this C-like code; I wrote C for a living for too 
many years already, thanks.


But as an answer to the request (i.e. native LC, not a function), it's 
the best I can do :-)


-- Alex.

On 05/02/2014 17:51, Mike Kerner wrote:

don't get me wrong, I hate it, because it's c and I can't just stare at it
and know that %30s means pad the front with spaces, but nice.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Mike Kerner wrote:


nice.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly  wrote:


On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote:


Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
character, like "#"?




put replacetext( format("%30s", " "), " ", "x") into myVar

(no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no
library involved).
-- Alex.


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Re: repeating string

[Dave Kilroy]

Mike Kerner wrote
> because if it's part of the language, and my vocabulary improves, then I
> have less crap to move into my libraries, and I would feel a lot less
> foolish if I discover such a thing later.  Even worse, when I throw a
> kluge
> into a project, and I can't find it, later, when I need it again, I end up
> reinventing the wheel each time, and maybe I remember to use the same
> vernacular, and maybe I don't, in which case I end up biffing myself,
> sometimes, by using different names in those different projects - synonyms
> can suck when the parser isn't insightful.

Ah yes, I'm also quite good at "biffing myself" :)



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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

nice.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly  wrote:

> On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote:
>
>> Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
>> character, like "#"?
>>
>>
>>
> put replacetext( format("%30s", " "), " ", "x") into myVar
>
> (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no
> library involved).
> -- Alex.
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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

don't get me wrong, I hate it, because it's c and I can't just stare at it
and know that %30s means pad the front with spaces, but nice.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Mike Kerner wrote:

> nice.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly  wrote:
>
>> On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote:
>>
>>> Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
>>> character, like "#"?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> put replacetext( format("%30s", " "), " ", "x") into myVar
>>
>> (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no
>> library involved).
>> -- Alex.
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Re: repeating string

[Alex Tweedly]

On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote:

Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
character, like "#"?




put replacetext( format("%30s", " "), " ", "x") into myVar

(no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and 
no library involved).

-- Alex.

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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

because if it's part of the language, and my vocabulary improves, then I
have less crap to move into my libraries, and I would feel a lot less
foolish if I discover such a thing later.  Even worse, when I throw a kluge
into a project, and I can't find it, later, when I need it again, I end up
reinventing the wheel each time, and maybe I remember to use the same
vernacular, and maybe I don't, in which case I end up biffing myself,
sometimes, by using different names in those different projects - synonyms
can suck when the parser isn't insightful.



On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Dave Kilroy wrote:

> Mike Kerner wrote
> > I was trying to avoid the solution Craig suggested
>
> Why do you want to avoid it? Making a function to do the job seems the best
> way to me!
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Re: repeating string

[Dave Kilroy]

Mike Kerner wrote
> I was trying to avoid the solution Craig suggested 

Why do you want to avoid it? Making a function to do the job seems the best
way to me!



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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

Mark,
I must have screwed something up the first time, because I wound up with
31, even though I expected 30.  When I just tested it, it came out at 30.

Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
character, like "#"?


I was trying to avoid the solution Craig suggested by using a built-in
construct, which made me think that we should have something like

put 30 "a" into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and
put 30 "a"'s into goop is almost unreadable


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> Hi Mike,
>
> Into item 29 gives you a string of 29 chars, after 29 makes a string of 30
> chars, into item 30 gives a string of 30 chars.
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>> 
>> That's clever.  It would be item 29, but that hardly matters.  What's even
>> more interesting about that is that
>> put space into word 29 of mySpaces
>>   will give me a string that's 1 character long.
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Re: repeating string

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Mike,

Into item 29 gives you a string of 29 chars, after 29 makes a string of 
30 chars, into item 30 gives a string of 30 chars.


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On 2/5/2014 04:14, Mike Kerner wrote:


That's clever.  It would be item 29, but that hardly matters.  What's even
more interesting about that is that
put space into word 29 of mySpaces
  will give me a string that's 1 character long.




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Re: repeating string

[Alex Tweedly]

How about

put format("%30s", " ") into a

-- Alex.

On 2/5/2014 03:28, Mike Kerner wrote:

There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right?

put 30 spaces into a or
put space * 30 into a







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Re: repeating string

[dunbarx]

Mark's offering was cute alright, but would be hard to implement the way i 
think you wanted, (pseudoCode)


put (X repeat 5) after char 3 of "ABCDE" to yield "ABCXDE"


You could always make a function like:


put dupChar("X",5) after char 3 of yourArgument



function dupChar tChar,dupValue
  repeat dupValue
  put tChar after temp
  end repeat
  return temp
end dupChar


But I bet you knew all this.


Craig Newman




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Subject: Re: repeating string



That's clever.  It would be item 29, but that hardly matters.  What's even
more interesting about that is that
put space into word 29 of mySpaces
 will give me a string that's 1 character long.


On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Mark Schonewille <
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> Mike,
>
> set the itemDel to space
> put space into item 30 of mySpaces
>
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>> There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right?
>>
>> put 30 spaces into a or
>> put space * 30 into a
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Re: repeating string

[Mike Kerner]

That's clever.  It would be item 29, but that hardly matters.  What's even
more interesting about that is that
put space into word 29 of mySpaces
 will give me a string that's 1 character long.


On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Mark Schonewille <
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> Mike,
>
> set the itemDel to space
> put space into item 30 of mySpaces
>
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>
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>> There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right?
>>
>> put 30 spaces into a or
>> put space * 30 into a
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Re: repeating string

[Mark Schonewille]

Mike,

set the itemDel to space
put space into item 30 of mySpaces

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On 2/5/2014 03:28, Mike Kerner wrote:

There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right?

put 30 spaces into a or
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