RE: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread John Dixon
as in something like this... put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:05:20 +0200 > From: richmondmathew...@gmail.com > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Subject: Delete char in string > > I am trying to do this: > > delete first char of

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: as in something like this... put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 Exactly: nipping chars off strings in fields is dead easy: delete char 1 from field "MYCRAPPYTEXT" but I have a funny feeling that everything will move a wh

RE: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread John Dixon
de@lists.runrev.com > Subject: Re: Delete char in string > > On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: > > as in something like this... > > put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 > > > > > Exactly: > > nipping chars off strings in fie

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: as in something like this... put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 Oddly enough THIS works: put fld "INN" into $INN delete char 1 of $INN put $INN into fld "OWT" BUT, BUT, BIG UNCOMFORTABLE BUT, this: put fld "INN" into

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Earthednet-wp
What about: Replace char 1 of mystring with "" Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Feb 19, 2014, at 4:28 AM, Richmond wrote: > >> On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: >> as in something like this... >>put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 > > Od

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 14:28, Richmond wrote: On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: as in something like this... put char 2 to (the number of chars of fld 1) of fld 1 into fld 2 Oddly enough THIS works: put fld "INN" into $INN delete char 1 of $INN put $INN into fld "OWT" BUT, BUT, BIG UNCOMFORTA

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 17:42, Earthednet-wp wrote: What about: Replace char 1 of mystring with "" delete char 1 of $string works; that is not the problem. Richmond. Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org On Feb 19, 2014, at 4:28 AM, Richmond wrote: On 19/02/14 14:09, John Dixon wrote: a

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
Dunnit! The result may be downloaded here: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19188&p=96894#p96894 The "secret" if there is any secret at all, is that while I was working on the thing I did not "unload" each string variable between each go. Rather than repeat things endlessly here

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/19/14, 10:11 AM, Richmond wrote: The "secret" if there is any secret at all, is that while I was working on the thing I did not "unload" each string variable between each go. An easy trap to fall into. My big question is why you're using system variables. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/02/14 19:35, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 2/19/14, 10:11 AM, Richmond wrote: The "secret" if there is any secret at all, is that while I was working on the thing I did not "unload" each string variable between each go. An easy trap to fall into. My big question is why you're using system v

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Richmond wrote: > > Rather than repeat things endlessly here, I would urge interested parties > to download the stack, mess around with it, > and crack open the scripts of the 2 buttons. > > In line with Geoff's recent post about riding the world of repeat loops w

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
Aren’t those constants? Can you edit constants like variables? Bob On Feb 19, 2014, at 04:05 , Richmond wrote: > I am trying to do this: > > delete first char of $TEXT > > where $TEXT is a string > > and seem to be getting myself into trouble. > > Richmond > >

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Kay C Lan
I hate it when I post too quickly. 0 ms was just too good to be true so I investigated further and found 2 errors in my code. The real figures are 10,000 Unicode Repeat Until: 19 ms Repeat for Each: 3 ms 100,000 Unicode Repeat Until: 1823 ms Repeat for Each: 30 ms 1,000,000 Unicode Repeat Until

Re: Delete char in string

2014-02-19 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Aren't those constants? Can you edit constants like variables? > No, they are variables. From the Dictionary: Use this technique to create your own environment variables. ___ use-livecode mailing l