I understand what it does, but I still don't understand what it's for; I'm still interested if you're willing to further exemplify where it would be used.
H On 1/17/06, Jayson K Hanes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing I've done in the past is to prepend new htmltxt with a fake > tag, such as "<~~>" and use that as my means to search for, then > substring after it. > > It's just slow and clumsy. > > -Jayson > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jayson K Hanes > > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:33 PM > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] efficient htmltext.reduce() function? > > orsimilaridea? > > > > Say I have this htmltext > > > > "<font face='verdana'><b>hello world</b></font><br><i>abc123<br>hi > again > > world<br></i>" > > > > And it is being appended with other html lines over time, but no two > > lines are the same, nor is there a pattern of <br>'s being a common > > separator per 'line'. > > > > I want to be able to execute something like > > myHtmlText=myHtmlText.reduce(10); > > > > And have it become something like: > > > > "<i>abc123<br>hi again world<br></i>" > > > > Seeing as that's the lowest amount closest to 10% reduction it could > be > > trimmed to without breaking the html output when displayed... > > > > If it was: > > > > "hi again world<br></i>" > > > > It wouldn't work as needed.. and would paralyze an htmltext box from > > showing anymore text from that point forward. > > > > Even if just a 50% reduction could be worked out easily.. that'd at > > least be functional.. > > > > Do you see now the dilemma? > > > > -Jayson > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
