Kerry... Have you thought of the PRegEx xtra? I haven't used it but it's supposed to be good for that sort of stuff (search/replace)
Later. ...Neil At 04:47 PM 4/9/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > Wouldn't something like this work? > > > > repeat while offset(stringToCheck,charToFind) > > > > -- get the found character's position in the string > > tCharNum = offset(stringToCheck,charToFind) > > > > -- put in the replacement character > > put replacementChar after stringToCheck.char[tCharNum] > > > > -- remove the original character > > delete stringToCheck.char[tCharNum] > > > > end repeat > > >Actually, that's very similar to what I ended up doing--I'm looping >through the characters in the string looking for charToNum > 127, then >doing a substitution. > >I was looking for a faster way--one Lingo command, hopefully, sort of >like Pascal's "in" function. I don't mind doing the coding--I'm just >looking for faster execution. > >Maybe I'll just post the code and see what improvements people suggest. > >Cordially, > >Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
