Hi Rick, Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep that in mind so that as much as possible I'll be using "standard" library scripts.
r/alex PS. Does lighting really generate 1.3 jigawatt of electricity? ;) hehehehehe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherlock, Ric Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:58 PM To: General forum Subject: [Jgeneral] RE: String manipulation scripts ---Alex Rufon wrote: > I've been using the following scripts (created by Chris > Burke) for years > only to realize that they are not part of the standard library: > 1. cutstring - boxes string using a delimiter but respects quotes > 2. delimitlist - creates a string from a boxed list delimited by a > string > 3. commasep - creates a string from a boxed list separated by comma > 4. datasep - same as commasep but each boxed item is enclosed > by quotes > 5. charsep - separates a boxed item by a character > (suspiciously similar > to delimitlist) > > I was wondering if it would be possible to add this as part of a > standard library or as an add-on (I would prefer standard > library). How > do I go about getting it in? > > Hmmm. There is a possibility that there are existing methods in the > library/addons that does the following. If so, I would be happy to > switch to using that. The addon tables/csv is designed to work best for tables and multi-line strings, but it contains verbs that will do some of these things. The chopcsv verb should be a reasonable replacement for cutstring. Although the default string delimiter is double quote, so you will need to specify a custom one for the examples given. load 'tables/csv' ',''' chopcsv_rgscsv_ ' one, ''two,three'',,four' +----+-----------++----+ | one| two,three||four| +----+-----------++----+ '2' chopcsv_rgscsv_ 'The2flux2capacitor2requires21.32jigawatt' +---+----+---------+--------+---+--------+ |The|flux|capacitor|requires|1.3|jigawatt| +---+----+---------+--------+---+--------+ makecsv should be a resonable replacement for datasep, but a single line string will have a trailing LF that would need to be dropped. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
