Thanks for the help, Buzz, but for some reason, the numbers aren't being
made subscripts. Your script correctly identifies the string ("The
formula N2O5 represents the compound named dinitrogen pentoxide.") as
having 68 characters, finds the numbers in the string fine (the 2 at
position 14 and the 5 at position 16), but it doesn't subscript them.
Any ideas as to why?
Thanks
Mark
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Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 4:46 PM
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Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Finding number and making it a subscript
Here's one way
on test
-- Make a list of the num-strings to compare to
nums = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "0"]
-- Go through the string char by char & if it is a num then subscript
it
n = member("name and formula text").char.count
repeat with i = 1 to n
if getPos(nums, member("name and formula text").char[i]) then \
member("name and formula text").char[i].fontStyle = [#SubScript]
end repeat
end
At 3:30 PM -0800 12/31/01, you wrote:
>I'd like to find numbers in a string in a text cast member ("name and
>formula text") and make them subscripts. For example, I'd like to make
>the 2 and 5 in "The formula N2O5 represents the compound named
>dinitrogen pentoxide." subscripts. It's less important but I'd also
like
>to be able to make both 2's in "The formula H2O2 represents the
compound
>named hydrogen peroxide." subscripts. I'd like to be able to do this in
>a general way for all numbers between 1 and 9, checking for each number
>in any string, and if it is found making it a subscript.
>
>Any ideas on how I can make this happen?
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Mark
>
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