Haha! I had done the same thing. I had used the PI to find out what the property would return ...
-Buzz At 5:47 PM -0800 12/31/01, you wrote: >Buzz...Please disregard my last message. Your script works fine. Somehow >I had set the whole string to subscript, so when your script subscripted >the numbers, it looked like they weren't subscripted. > >Thanks again > >Mark > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On >Behalf Of Buzz Kettles >Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 4:46 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >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 >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------- >>Mark Bishop >>www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/ >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>[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!] > > >[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!] > > >[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!] [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!]
