No I think both you and Stephen have hit the nail on the head. It should really be that simple, and I have used it before.
I knew there was simple way of doing it, but it had completely escaped me. Many thanks paddy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Faulkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:17 PM Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] String > Not sure if I understand you correct, but if you have start and end > positions and you want to display the bit between, can you not use #MID()# > ?? Or have I completely simplified that?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paddy McKay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 June 2003 13:16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ cf-dev ] String > > > Hi > > I'm having a bit of brain fade at the moment, and I hope someone can answer > this fairly straighforward question. > > I'm reading the contents of an HTML file into a variable, and I want to > display just the contents of a table within that file, i.e. strip out all > the text before and after this table, including opening and closing HTML and > body tags. > > I can get the start and end positions of the string I want to display, but I > can't think what function I need to use to display it. I know I could do a > loop over the string and do several hundred listdeleteat to get rid of all > the elements before and after the bit I want, but this seems very > inefficient. > > Does anyone have any bright ideas? > > All help appreciated. > > paddy > > > ----------------- > Paddy McKay > Scottish Property Network > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: 0141 561 7300 > Fax: 0141 561 7319 > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. > If you are not the intended recipient, use of the information contained in > this e-mail (including disclosure, copying or distribution) is prohibited > and may be unlawful. Please inform the sender and delete the message > immediately from your system. This e-mail is attributed to the sender and > may not necessarily reflect the views of the patsystems Group and no member > of the patsystems Group accepts any liability for any action taken in > reliance on the contents of this e-mail (other than where it has a legal or > regulatory obligation to do so) or for the consequences of any computer > viruses which may have been transmitted by this e-mail. The patsystems Group > comprises patsystems plc and its subsidiary group of companies. > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
