Thank you! M-E
___________________________________________________________ Marie-Edith Bissey Universita' del Piemonte Orientale 'Amedeo Avogadro' Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza e Scienze Politiche, Economiche e Sociali Via Cavour 84 15 121 Alessandria -- ITALIA email: [email protected] tel: +39-0131-283807 -- fax: +39-0131-283704 http://polis.unipmn.it/php/showHomePage.php?who=bissey "Y'a queq'chose qui cloche la d'dans, j'y retourne immediatement" [B. Vian] On 23/08/2013 15:12, Shane Mueller wrote: > > Marie-Edith, > > Thanks for reporting this, and figuring out the answer. I've updated the > manual and the error feedback within the function so it should be easier > to figure out for others in the future. For the record, if the target is > not found it returns the value 0 (i.e., false). > > This function is a compiled function, written in c++. If you download the > source, you can find its definition at > src/libs/PEBLString.cpp > > But it is really a wrapper for something buried within the string-handling > classes. Many functions are written within PEBL code, and appear in the > pebl-lib\Utility.pbl or pebl-lib\Math.pbl or pebl-lib\Design.pbl files. > Although this function could have been written in PEBL using Substring(), > but I think I chose to use a compiled version for the sake of speediness. > > > Shane > > > >> >> Hello, >> >> I did not find this in the archives, nor did I find where this function >> is defined: >> >> The manual says: FindInString("source","what_to_find") >> >> But when I try to use it (even with the example from the manual: >> FindInString("about","bo") which should answer "2") I get the following >> error: >> >> Incorrect number of arguments. wanted between 3 and 3 but got 2 >> >> It seems that the third argument should be an integer, but what value? I >> tried some (0,1,2) but the function returns nothing (no error, no value). >> >> On a related point: is there a place where one could see how the pebl >> functions are defined? >> >> Thanks in advance for your help, >> >> M-E >> >> >> -- >> ___________________________________________________________ >> >> Marie-Edith Bissey >> Universita' del Piemonte Orientale 'Amedeo Avogadro' >> Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza e Scienze Politiche, Economiche e Sociali >> Via Cavour 84 >> 15 121 Alessandria -- ITALIA >> >> email: [email protected] >> tel: +39-0131-283807 -- fax: +39-0131-283704 >> http://polis.unipmn.it/php/showHomePage.php?who=bissey >> >> "The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing >> that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly >> go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or >> repair." >> [The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy] >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and >> AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, >> analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. >> Visit us today! >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Pebl-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pebl-list >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Pebl-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pebl-list
