I got that one to work. Thank you. John Balgenorth
On Aug 24, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Scott Rossi <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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, [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> >>>> To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> >>>> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription >>>> preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
