Thanks Dick, this would definitely work - and I’m iterating through characters and lines anyway as I attempt to prettify a long data string for eased human readability. I was just keen to understand why offset wasn’t happy with the ‘not(tab)’ in this instance. Best, Keith
> On 21 Jan 2021, at 10:25, Dick Kriesel via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > >> On Jan 21, 2021, at 1:30 AM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: >> >> Please can anyone advise on the correct syntax for trying to find the first >> non-tab character offset in a string > > Hi, Keith. You could test each character until you find a tab: > > function offsetOfNotTab pString > local i > repeat for each char tChar in pString > add 1 to i > if tChar <> tab then return i > end repeat > end offsetOfNotTab > > — Dick > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
