[PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string

2004-05-10 Thread Torsten Roehr 
Mike Mapsnac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 I search on php.net and couldn't find the function. I need a function that
 will remove characters in the string  until it reached the pattern and
 remove characters in the string after another pattern.

 The program reads huge file, and remove unnessary data.
 So I need to remove characters before and after the line.

Could you post an example to make absolutely clear what you have and what
you want? Thanks.

Torsten


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RE: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string

2004-05-10 Thread Mike Mapsnac 
Below is string let's name it A.
ttPhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004tt
I want to get string B. That looks like
PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004
No characters before Philadelphia and after 20004




From: Torsten Roehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:37:36 +0200
Mike Mapsnac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 I search on php.net and couldn't find the function. I need a function 
that
 will remove characters in the string  until it reached the pattern and
 remove characters in the string after another pattern.

 The program reads huge file, and remove unnessary data.
 So I need to remove characters before and after the line.

Could you post an example to make absolutely clear what you have and what
you want? Thanks.
Torsten


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Re: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string

2004-05-10 Thread Torsten Roehr 
Mike Mapsnac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 Below is string let's name it A.
 ttPhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004tt

 I want to get string B. That looks like
 PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004

 No characters before Philadelphia and after 20004

Is the character you want to remove ('t') always the same?

Torsten





 From: Torsten Roehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string
 Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:37:36 +0200
 
 Mike Mapsnac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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   I search on php.net and couldn't find the function. I need a function
 that
   will remove characters in the string  until it reached the pattern and
   remove characters in the string after another pattern.
  
   The program reads huge file, and remove unnessary data.
   So I need to remove characters before and after the line.
 
 Could you post an example to make absolutely clear what you have and what
 you want? Thanks.
 
 Torsten
 
  
   FedoraPHPLINUXOct72004
  
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Re: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string

2004-05-10 Thread Mike Mapsnac 
No. It just an example


From: Torsten Roehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:49:27 +0200
Mike Mapsnac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 Below is string let's name it A.
 ttPhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004tt

 I want to get string B. That looks like
 PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004

 No characters before Philadelphia and after 20004
Is the character you want to remove ('t') always the same?

Torsten





 From: Torsten Roehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string
 Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:37:36 +0200
 
 Mike Mapsnac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   I search on php.net and couldn't find the function. I need a 
function
 that
   will remove characters in the string  until it reached the pattern 
and
   remove characters in the string after another pattern.
  
   The program reads huge file, and remove unnessary data.
   So I need to remove characters before and after the line.
 
 Could you post an example to make absolutely clear what you have and 
what
 you want? Thanks.
 
 Torsten
 
  
   FedoraPHPLINUXOct72004
  
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RE: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string

2004-05-10 Thread Rick Fletcher 
   Below is string let's name it A.
   
 ttPhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004ttt
   ttt
  
   I want to get string B. That looks like
   PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004
  
   No characters before Philadelphia and after 20004
 
 Is the character you want to remove ('t') always the same?
 
 No. It just an example

An accurate example of what you're actually going to be doing would help.

For this example I would have suggested:

?php
  $str = PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004;

  $str = trim( $str, t );

  print( $str ); // outputs PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004
?

Cheers,
  Rick

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RE: [PHP] Re: Remove cahracters in string

2004-05-10 Thread Rick Fletcher 
 For this example I would have suggested:
 
 ?php
$str = PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004;
 
$str = trim( $str, t );
 
print( $str ); // outputs PhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004
 ?
 
 Cheers,
Rick
 

 t is not static character.  My example isn't correct
 
 Correct Example:
 tdahregdgfdhPhiladelphiaFirstadate05Oct2004ahahrehbGSG

Ok.

What do you know for certain about the leading and trailing garbage? For
Example: Is it always lowercase? Is it always the same number of characters?
Will the trailing garbage always begin after a 4 digit number?

There has to be some known characteristic of the junk before you can trim it
programmatically. Otherwise you'll never be able to trim it with absolute
accuracy.

Hope that makes sense.

Rick

(Please reply to the list, by the way.  Otherwise it doesn't help anyone
else.)

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