Re: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L

2008-02-01 Thread Charlie Griefer
rd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:32 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and > returning FNAME L > > Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME > LNAME" and returning FN

RE: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L

2008-02-01 Thread William Seiter
://William.Seiter.com -Original Message- From: Nate Willard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "F

Re: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L

2008-01-17 Thread Nate Willard
ROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say > "FNAME > > LNAME" and returning FNAME L > > > > Basically I'm investigating a efficient way to > take a > > string of x words, likely 2 or 3. Display the > first > > wor

Re: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L

2008-01-17 Thread Nicholas M Tunney
Treat the string as a list delimited by spaces: -Nic Nate Willard wrote: > Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME > LNAME" and returning FNAME L > > Basically I'm investigating a efficient way to take a > string of x words, likely 2 or 3.

Re: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L

2008-01-17 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Jan 17, 2008 5:31 PM, Nate Willard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME > LNAME" and returning FNAME L > > Basically I'm investigating a efficient way to take a > string of x words, likely 2 or 3. Di

Re: Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L

2008-01-17 Thread James Holmes
You can treat the string as a list delimited by spaces and then use left() on every list item other than the first. On Jan 18, 2008 10:31 AM, Nate Willard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME > LNAME" and returning FNA

Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L

2008-01-17 Thread Nate Willard
Tricky String, Taking a string of 2 word say "FNAME LNAME" and returning FNAME L Basically I'm investigating a efficient way to take a string of x words, likely 2 or 3. Display the first word, the person's first name and then just the First character of the last word. Exa