I got that one to work. Thank you. John Balgenorth
On Aug 24, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > Pete beat me to the punch. > > if text of fld 1 ends with text of fld 2 then \ > delete char -(length(fld 2)) to -1 of fld 1 > > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 8/24/14 9:28 AM, "Peter Haworth" <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > >> if tString1 ends with tString2 then >> delete char (the length of tString1 - the length of tString2 +1 ) to -1 >> of tString1 >> end if >> >> Pete >> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and >> SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 8:12 AM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Thanks for the reply. >>> >>> I am saying if I have ³ABC² in one string and the other string >>> has ³KCFAJFCABC² then I want to delete the ³ABC² from >>> the end of the second string leaving ³KCFAJFC². >>> >>> John Balgenorth >>> >>> >>> On Aug 24, 2014, at 8:09 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> >>>> Are you saying that if you have "ABCD" and somewhere else you have: >>> "AXFRZC" that you want to delete the "C" from the first string? >>>> >>>> >>>> Whatever you want, the chunking and text control within LC is more >>> than >>> adequate to do the job, and will be fun do execute as well. But is this >>> what you meant? >>>> >>>> >>>> Craig Newman >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: JB <sund...@pacifier.com> >>>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >>>> Sent: Sun, Aug 24, 2014 10:16 am >>>> Subject: delete end chars >>>> >>>> >>>> If I have a certain amount of characters >>>> and I want to check the end of another >>>> line of characters to see if they are there >>>> and if so then delete them what is the >>>> fastest way to do delete the characters >>>> at the end of the specified line? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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