Phil/Stephen, Thanks for your help! I never understood what the -1 meant when dealing with characters.
Appreciate your quick responses! Warren On 8/26/09, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote: > > Try "char 1 to -1 of tdata". > > char -1 is the last char > char -2 is the next-to-last char > and so on. > > Phil Davis > > > Warren Kuhl wrote: > >> This is probably a very stupid question.. >> >> I am trying to extract a substring from a variable and am unsure how to >> determine the last character... >> >> I tried... >> put char 1 to last character of tdata into tsubstring >> ...but this fails. >> >> Thanks for any help! >> Warren >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> >> > > -- > Phil Davis > > PDS Labs > Professional Software Development > http://pdslabs.net > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution