>>But being able to set multiple delimiters is a line is the final icing on
>>the cake, and I hope no-one will say I've misread things if I suggest the
>>syntax we seem to have arrived at on this list is:
>>
>>put item 2 by <del|imiter> "/"
Hugh Senior said:
>Almost correct. I think we agreed optionality...
>
> put item 2 [by <del|imiter> "/"]
Using 'by' and 'delimiter' still only makes true 'linguistical' sense for
me when written: 'item 2 [of container 1] delimited by myDel'. Saying 'by
delimiter myDel' isn't *too* bad, but... <sigh>
Let me start again... What would a complete line of script look like? Which
is better? How do they abbreviate?
put item 2 by delimiter "/" of field 1
put item 1 by del "/" of fld 1
put item 1 del "/" of fld 1
or
put item 2 of field 1 delimited by "/"
put item 2 of fld 1 by del "/"
put item 2 of fld 1 del "/"
or even
put item 2 of field 1 using delimiter "/"
put item 2 of fld 1 using del "/"
put item 2 of fld 1 del "/"
Oh, I don't know. This is all getting a little cloudy and 'woods for trees'.
k
