Re: I didn't know this...
I too would prefer this way because its the livecode readable way. While this particular one is a pretty simple regex-- put replacetext(tNames,(\bc),x) it would get complicated way too fast depending on need. A for each loop would be fine and work fast also, but I personally wouldn't mind your idea being a feature request. On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: It's too bad this won't work: put bob carol ted alice into S replace c with x in char 1 of each word of S put S -- puts bob xarol ted alice On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Kay C Lan lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com wrote: Nice :-) This isn't limited to variables but for works for fields as well. Taken the liberty of entering an Enhancement Request - 14311 - that the Dictionary entry be amended to include your example and note that replace can also be used on chunks within a container, not just the entire container. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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On Dec 27, 2014, at 1:54 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: The beauty of xTalk chunking expressions is that they do just this sort of thing. So if you had: ABCDEFG in a field 1, you can just as easily: -- replace D with empty in fld 1 -- delete char 4 of fld 1 Yeah, that stuff is basic. I do text manipulation up, down, and sideways, but I never discovered that replace works on chunks. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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Expanding the use of each would be great! delete item 2 of each line of tVar, for example Pete lcSQL Software On Dec 27, 2014 10:44 PM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: It's too bad this won't work: put bob carol ted alice into S replace c with x in char 1 of each word of S put S -- puts bob xarol ted alice On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Kay C Lan lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com wrote: Nice :-) This isn't limited to variables but for works for fields as well. Taken the liberty of entering an Enhancement Request - 14311 - that the Dictionary entry be amended to include your example and note that replace can also be used on chunks within a container, not just the entire container. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
I didn't know this...
Other people may already know this, but I just discovered that you can do something like: put 12.34.56.78 into p replace . with empty in char 4 to -1 of p and sure enough, you get 12.345678 I did not know that the replace command can work on a chunk within a variable. The documentation doesn't reflect this. It only takes small things to make me happy. :-) -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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-Original Message- From: Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, Dec 27, 2014 12:38 pm Subject: I didn't know this... Other people may already know this, but I just discovered that you can do something like: put 12.34.56.78 into p replace . with empty in char 4 to -1 of p and sure enough, you get 12.345678 I did not know that the replace command can work on a chunk within a variable. The documentation doesn't reflect this. It only takes small things to make me happy. :-) -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: I didn't know this...
Hi, The beauty of xTalk chunking expressions is that they do just this sort of thing. So if you had: ABCDEFG in a field 1, you can just as easily: -- replace D with empty in fld 1 -- delete char 4 of fld 1 or: set the itemDel to D put item 1 of fld 1 item 2 of fld 1 into fld 1 Using the offset function would work as well, but is qualitatively different than chunking. All depends on how you want to go about it. Thank the parsers. They understand how human beings think. Craig -Original Message- From: Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sat, Dec 27, 2014 12:38 pm Subject: I didn't know this... Other people may already know this, but I just discovered that you can do something like: put 12.34.56.78 into p replace . with empty in char 4 to -1 of p and sure enough, you get 12.345678 I did not know that the replace command can work on a chunk within a variable. The documentation doesn't reflect this. It only takes small things to make me happy. :-) -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: I didn't know this...
Nice :-) This isn't limited to variables but for works for fields as well. Taken the liberty of entering an Enhancement Request - 14311 - that the Dictionary entry be amended to include your example and note that replace can also be used on chunks within a container, not just the entire container. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: I didn't know this...
It's too bad this won't work: put bob carol ted alice into S replace c with x in char 1 of each word of S put S -- puts bob xarol ted alice On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Kay C Lan lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com wrote: Nice :-) This isn't limited to variables but for works for fields as well. Taken the liberty of entering an Enhancement Request - 14311 - that the Dictionary entry be amended to include your example and note that replace can also be used on chunks within a container, not just the entire container. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
