Hi Adrian,
I came across this function recently, that may suit you needs:
*public* *static* *function* StringReplaceAll( source:String,
find:String, replacement:String ) : String
{
* return* source.split( find ).join( replacement );
}
-TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Adrian Williams <adri...@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Tracy,
>
> This is an interesting idea...but you have me at a bit of a
> loss....I was already heading down part of the same path you laid out
> here...here is my renderer code thus far:
>
> First, the column from my ADG:
> <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn id="groupedHVR1" dataField="Hvr1M"
> headerText="HVR1 Mutations" headerWordWrap="true" textAlign="left"
> wordWrap="true" editable="false" width="100" showDataTips="true"
> itemRenderer="renderers.GeneralRenderers.AminoAcidRenderer" />
>
>
> now the AminoAcidRenderer.mxml:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Label xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> implements="mx.core.IFactory" truncateToFit="true"
> width="100%" height="100%" paddingLeft="2" paddingRight="2">
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> import mx.utils.ObjectProxy;
>
> override public function set text(value:String):void
> {
> if (value != null && value != " " && value != "")
> {
> value = String(value.replace("G",'<font
> color="black">G</font>'));
> value = String(value.replace("A",'<font
> color="green">A</font>'));
> value = String(value.replace("T",'<font
> color="red">T</font>'));
> value = String(value.replace("C",'<font
> color="blue">C</font>'));
>
> super.htmlText = value;
> }
> else
> {
> super.htmlText = value;
> }
> }
>
> public function newInstance():*
> {
> return new AminoAcidRenderer();
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
> </mx:Label>
>
> But, alas, there are a couple of problems here. First, the
> string.replace() only affects the first occurrence of the pattern and
> not every occurrence (I wonder if a regex would remedy that?). Then
> although the substitution gets done for those patterns that are found,
> the htmlText isn't getting rendered...and I wonder if it's due to the
> function set text instead of function set htmlText, which I tried and
> literally got nothing.
>
> I've also looked at the TextRange that someone else suggested but
> not sure how to possibly use that as it needs a begin/end index and the
> letters are sporadic from one string to the next.
>
> How would I setup the labelFunction to parse the string to get the
> letters?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Adrian
>
>
>
> Tracy Spratt wrote:
> >
> >
> > I suggest that you use a labelFunction feeding a renderer that uses
> > htmlText. The label function would simply parse the strings to get
> > the letters, and wrap them in a Font tag specifying the color. This
> > would be very easy.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tracy Spratt,
> >
> > Lariat Services, development services available
> >
> >
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> >
> > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com]
> > *On Behalf Of *valdhor
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:44 PM
> > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: RegEx string via cell ItemRenderer to
> > colorize specific characters or a better method?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Have a look into TextRange.
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Adrian Williams adrianw@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Here's a fun one!
> > >
> > > I have a column in an ADG, and the cells can contain a variety of
> > > data including:
> > >
> > > 16223T,16290T,16319A,16362C,16524G
> > > or
> > > 73G,249-,263G,290-,291-,309.1C,315.1C,489C,493G,522-,523-
> > >
> > > What I need to do is for each of the letters (there's four possible
> > > - A,T,C,G) I need to be able to change the font color specific
to each
> > > letter...i.e. all the "A's" need to be green, the "C's" need to
be blue,
> > > the "G's" need to be black and the "T's" need to be red.
> > >
> > > As I've been thinking about it, I figure I'm going to have to use a
> > > custom itemRenderer for the cell to manipulate the data to begin
with.
> > > But within the renderer, I'm quasi-stuck. I figure the simplest
way to
> > > ID the letters is to RegExp the data...then possibly using a
switch/case
> > > to set the colors for the letters...but not sure how to affect
just the
> > > individual letters in the overall string and then return that
with the
> > > cell's renderer??
> > >
> > > Anyone have any thoughts on this?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Adrian
> > >
> >
> >
>
