Re: repeating string
On Feb 10, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net wrote: On 10/02/2014 17:51, Devin Asay wrote: Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like: pad container with string at beginning|end|chunk description [for] N [times] So, pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times pad fld foo with 0 at end 10 times pad hello with xyz after char 3 for 2 times -- helxyzxyzlo While I like the general idea, I don't think that's the *most* LC-like syntax. I don't see any need to invent a new verb pad; why not simply something like put value [for N times] chunk description or put [N copies of] value chunk description Thus put hello into myVar put xyz for 2 times after char 3 of myVar-- helxyzxyzlo or perhaps put 2 copies of xyz after char 3 of myVar Or indeed put abc 4 copies ofdef into newVar to give a value of abcdef I like your suggestion, Alex. It makes sense to simply add capability to an existing command. I wonder whether the open language model will make it easy to support syntax enhancements like this? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ 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: repeating string
On 2/10/14, 6:15 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: I don't see any need to invent a new verb pad; why not simply something like put value [for N times] chunk description or put [N copies of] value chunk description Thus put hello into myVar put xyz for 2 times after char 3 of myVar-- helxyzxyzlo or perhaps put 2 copies of xyz after char 3 of myVar Or indeed put abc 4 copies ofdef into newVar to give a value of abcdef I could go with the first one, but if we're to avoid inventing new syntax then I'd drop the version that uses copies. But the first variation would work and I like the idea of building off existing terminology. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ 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: repeating string
I guess I'm more of a fan of having multiple ways of saying something, because then each person can use whatever feels most natural and intuitive to them instead of being forced. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:40 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: On 2/10/14, 6:15 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: I don't see any need to invent a new verb pad; why not simply something like put value [for N times] chunk description or put [N copies of] value chunk description Thus put hello into myVar put xyz for 2 times after char 3 of myVar-- helxyzxyzlo or perhaps put 2 copies of xyz after char 3 of myVar Or indeed put abc 4 copies ofdef into newVar to give a value of abcdef I could go with the first one, but if we're to avoid inventing new syntax then I'd drop the version that uses copies. But the first variation would work and I like the idea of building off existing terminology. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
the BASIC RPT$ syntax is s not LC. of might work, though. I also hate the * syntax. Yes, I know what it means, but I'm a CS junkie. On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:54 AM, Jerry Jensen j...@jhj.com wrote: How about rpt(15,5) ? If you don't quote the 15, the numberformat would take effect, I guess. On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com wrote: put 30 a into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and put 30 a's into goop is almost unreadable If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in: put 30 * a into goop This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables: put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 5 * 15 -- puts 1515151515 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change Perhaps of? put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515 ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
On Feb 8, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.comwrote: put 30 a into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and put 30 a's into goop is almost unreadable If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in: put 30 * a into goop This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables: put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 5 * 15 -- puts 1515151515 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change Perhaps of? put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515 Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like: pad container with string at beginning|end|chunk description [for] N [times] So, pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times pad fld foo with 0 at end 10 times pad hello with xyz after char 3 for 2 times -- helxyzxyzlo Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ 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: repeating string
On 2/10/14, 11:51 AM, Devin Asay wrote: Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like: pad container with string at beginning|end|chunk description [for] N [times] So, pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times pad fld foo with 0 at end 10 times pad hello with xyz after char 3 for 2 times -- helxyzxyzlo Ooh. Nice! Like. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ 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: repeating string
I like that, too On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:54 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: On 2/10/14, 11:51 AM, Devin Asay wrote: Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like: pad container with string at beginning|end|chunk description [for] N [times] So, pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times pad fld foo with 0 at end 10 times pad hello with xyz after char 3 for 2 times -- helxyzxyzlo Ooh. Nice! Like. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
On 10/02/2014 17:51, Devin Asay wrote: Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like: pad container with string at beginning|end|chunk description [for] N [times] So, pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times pad fld foo with 0 at end 10 times pad hello with xyz after char 3 for 2 times -- helxyzxyzlo While I like the general idea, I don't think that's the *most* LC-like syntax. I don't see any need to invent a new verb pad; why not simply something like put value [for N times] chunk description or put [N copies of] value chunk description Thus put hello into myVar put xyz for 2 times after char 3 of myVar-- helxyzxyzlo or perhaps put 2 copies of xyz after char 3 of myVar Or indeed put abc 4 copies ofdef into newVar to give a value of abcdef -- Alex. ___ 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: repeating string
Without using Regex, you can do this: function makeString tChar, n -- returns a string of n characters (tChar) -- no repeat loop! put cr into line n of m replace cr with tChar in m return m end makeString -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote: Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another character, like #? put replacetext( format(%30s, ), , x) into myVar (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no library involved). -- Alex. ___ 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: repeating string
Nice, Peter. Inspired by that I wondered if we might use the lineDel to some advantage here, and it turns out to be ever so slightly faster: on mouseUp put 1 into n -- test 1: put the millisecs into t repeat n put MakeString(#, 100) into r1 end repeat put the millisecs - t into t1 -- test 2: put the millisecs into t repeat n put MakeString2(#, 100) into r2 end repeat put the millisecs - t into t2 -- display results: put t1 t2 (r1=r2)cr r1 len(r1) cr r2 len(r2) end mouseUp function makeString tChar, n -- returns a string of n characters (tChar) -- no repeat loop! put cr into line n of m replace cr with tChar in m return m end makeString function makeString2 tChar, n set the linedel to tChar put tChar into line n of m return m end makeString2 On my slow Mac that produces: 75 70 true 100 100 And if the char you need is either space or null, binaryEncode can produce a string of arbitrary length padded with either of those (and a whole lot more - binaryEncode is quite a powerhouse of utility). -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com ___ 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: repeating string
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.comwrote: put 30 a into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and put 30 a's into goop is almost unreadable If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in: put 30 * a into goop This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables: put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 5 * 15 -- puts 1515151515 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change Perhaps of? put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515 ___ 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: repeating string
How about rpt(15,5) ? If you don't quote the 15, the numberformat would take effect, I guess. On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Geoff Canyon gcan...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.comwrote: put 30 a into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and put 30 a's into goop is almost unreadable If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in: put 30 * a into goop This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables: put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 5 * 15 -- puts 1515151515 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change Perhaps of? put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515 ___ 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: repeating string
Very nice Bob - I must get into using libraries myself, I'm using a variety of methods to help me reuse code but they are all a bit kludgy - I think I'm just about ready to bite the bullet... - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/repeating-string-tp4675472p4675518.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: [Bulk] Re: repeating string
I am fed up with this Piper system. This AM, I couldn't connect at all to the working piper, when I launched the ios app I was prompted to run wifi setup and to double tap the piper power button before connecting to its wifi, BUT after selecting the Piper wifi, it never gets the check mark in my wifi settings, meaning that my iPhone 5S can not connect to it. I have tried powering the Piper off and on but I always end up back with being unable to connect to the Piper or reconfigure. Sorry but this system just does NOT work. If I thought I could get my investment back, I'd ask for it. This system is sucking down AC and asside from warming up the room, does nothing useful. Hodie Non Cras On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:07 AM, Dave Kilroy d...@applicationinsight.com wrote: Very nice Bob - I must get into using libraries myself, I'm using a variety of methods to help me reuse code but they are all a bit kludgy - I think I'm just about ready to bite the bullet... - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/repeating-string-tp4675472p4675518.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: [Bulk] Re: repeating string
Please ignore this rant, I managed to respond to the wrong email Hodie Non Cras On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:27 AM, Dave McKee sarawakd...@rogers.com wrote: I am fed up with this Piper system. This AM, I couldn't connect at all to the working piper, when I launched the ios app I was prompted to run wifi setup and to double tap the piper power button before connecting to its wifi, BUT after selecting the Piper wifi, it never gets the check mark in my wifi settings, meaning that my iPhone 5S can not connect to it. I have tried powering the Piper off and on but I always end up back with being unable to connect to the Piper or reconfigure. Sorry but this system just does NOT work. If I thought I could get my investment back, I'd ask for it. This system is sucking down AC and asside from warming up the room, does nothing useful. Hodie Non Cras On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:07 AM, Dave Kilroy d...@applicationinsight.com wrote: Very nice Bob - I must get into using libraries myself, I'm using a variety of methods to help me reuse code but they are all a bit kludgy - I think I'm just about ready to bite the bullet... - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/repeating-string-tp4675472p4675518.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
Re: repeating string
How about put format(%30s, ) into a -- Alex. On 2/5/2014 03:28, Mike Kerner wrote: There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right? put 30 spaces into a or put space * 30 into a ___ 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: repeating string
Hi Mike, Into item 29 gives you a string of 29 chars, after 29 makes a string of 30 chars, into item 30 gives a string of 30 chars. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 2/5/2014 04:14, Mike Kerner wrote: blink, blink, pregnant pause/ That's clever. It would be item 29, but that hardly matters. What's even more interesting about that is that put space into word 29 of mySpaces will give me a string that's 1 character long. ___ 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: repeating string
Mark, I must have screwed something up the first time, because I wound up with 31, even though I expected 30. When I just tested it, it came out at 30. Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another character, like #? I was trying to avoid the solution Craig suggested by using a built-in construct, which made me think that we should have something like put 30 a into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and put 30 a's into goop is almost unreadable On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Mike, Into item 29 gives you a string of 29 chars, after 29 makes a string of 30 chars, into item 30 gives a string of 30 chars. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 2/5/2014 04:14, Mike Kerner wrote: blink, blink, pregnant pause/ That's clever. It would be item 29, but that hardly matters. What's even more interesting about that is that put space into word 29 of mySpaces will give me a string that's 1 character long. ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
Mike Kerner wrote I was trying to avoid the solution Craig suggested Why do you want to avoid it? Making a function to do the job seems the best way to me! - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/repeating-string-tp4675472p4675487.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: repeating string
because if it's part of the language, and my vocabulary improves, then I have less crap to move into my libraries, and I would feel a lot less foolish if I discover such a thing later. Even worse, when I throw a kluge into a project, and I can't find it, later, when I need it again, I end up reinventing the wheel each time, and maybe I remember to use the same vernacular, and maybe I don't, in which case I end up biffing myself, sometimes, by using different names in those different projects - synonyms can suck when the parser isn't insightful. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Dave Kilroy d...@applicationinsight.comwrote: Mike Kerner wrote I was trying to avoid the solution Craig suggested Why do you want to avoid it? Making a function to do the job seems the best way to me! - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/repeating-string-tp4675472p4675487.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote: Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another character, like #? put replacetext( format(%30s, ), , x) into myVar (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no library involved). -- Alex. ___ 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: repeating string
don't get me wrong, I hate it, because it's c and I can't just stare at it and know that %30s means pad the front with spaces, but nice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.comwrote: nice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net wrote: On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote: Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another character, like #? put replacetext( format(%30s, ), , x) into myVar (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no library involved). -- Alex. ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
nice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net wrote: On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote: Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another character, like #? put replacetext( format(%30s, ), , x) into myVar (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no library involved). -- Alex. ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
Mike Kerner wrote because if it's part of the language, and my vocabulary improves, then I have less crap to move into my libraries, and I would feel a lot less foolish if I discover such a thing later. Even worse, when I throw a kluge into a project, and I can't find it, later, when I need it again, I end up reinventing the wheel each time, and maybe I remember to use the same vernacular, and maybe I don't, in which case I end up biffing myself, sometimes, by using different names in those different projects - synonyms can suck when the parser isn't insightful. Ah yes, I'm also quite good at biffing myself :) - Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them. - William Shakespeare Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/repeating-string-tp4675472p4675493.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: repeating string
I absolutely agree. I have a function in my personal standard library that does (something close to) this, and I would never consider replacing that with this C-like code; I wrote C for a living for too many years already, thanks. But as an answer to the request (i.e. native LC, not a function), it's the best I can do :-) -- Alex. On 05/02/2014 17:51, Mike Kerner wrote: don't get me wrong, I hate it, because it's c and I can't just stare at it and know that %30s means pad the front with spaces, but nice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.comwrote: nice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net wrote: On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote: Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another character, like #? put replacetext( format(%30s, ), , x) into myVar (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no library involved). -- Alex. ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
This would be a useful command in LC. I'd like to see a strip leading/trailing command to. I usually do that with a regExp but like the solution to this problem, it's not the most readable thing in the world. Sounds like it might be worth a post to the Open Source forum. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html and SQLiteAdmin http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net wrote: I absolutely agree. I have a function in my personal standard library that does (something close to) this, and I would never consider replacing that with this C-like code; I wrote C for a living for too many years already, thanks. But as an answer to the request (i.e. native LC, not a function), it's the best I can do :-) -- Alex. On 05/02/2014 17:51, Mike Kerner wrote: don't get me wrong, I hate it, because it's c and I can't just stare at it and know that %30s means pad the front with spaces, but nice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com wrote: nice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly a...@tweedly.net wrote: On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote: Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another character, like #? put replacetext( format(%30s, ), , x) into myVar (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no library involved). -- Alex. ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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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To avoid having to recode yourself, you should get in the habit of building a library stack that you insert into the front of every app you are building. That way you can have a central library of common reusable code, which is why library stacks were meant to do. I am working on a Database Setup card (have been for a couple years now) where all my database related commands and functions go. I keep the code in a button on the same card, so that by simply going to the card, the script of that button gets inserted into the front by the openCard handler. That means I can copy/paste the card into any stack I want, and on openStack all I have to do is GO to the Database Setup card, and everything else happens automagically, including using registering my sqlYoga stuff, checking to see if the connection is viable, making the connection, editing the connection etc. Very handy using libraries and inserting. Bob On Feb 4, 2014, at 18:28 , Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com wrote: There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right? put 30 spaces into a or put space * 30 into a -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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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There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right? put 30 spaces into a or put space * 30 into a -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
Mike, set the itemDel to space put space into item 30 of mySpaces -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 2/5/2014 03:28, Mike Kerner wrote: There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right? put 30 spaces into a or put space * 30 into a ___ 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: repeating string
blink, blink, pregnant pause/ That's clever. It would be item 29, but that hardly matters. What's even more interesting about that is that put space into word 29 of mySpaces will give me a string that's 1 character long. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Mike, set the itemDel to space put space into item 30 of mySpaces -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 2/5/2014 03:28, Mike Kerner wrote: There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right? put 30 spaces into a or put space * 30 into a ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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: repeating string
Mark's offering was cute alright, but would be hard to implement the way i think you wanted, (pseudoCode) put (X repeat 5) after char 3 of ABCDE to yield ABCXDE You could always make a function like: put dupChar(X,5) after char 3 of yourArgument function dupChar tChar,dupValue repeat dupValue put tChar after temp end repeat return temp end dupChar But I bet you knew all this. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 10:15 pm Subject: Re: repeating string blink, blink, pregnant pause/ That's clever. It would be item 29, but that hardly matters. What's even more interesting about that is that put space into word 29 of mySpaces will give me a string that's 1 character long. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Mike, set the itemDel to space put space into item 30 of mySpaces -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 2/5/2014 03:28, Mike Kerner wrote: There isn't a repeating string function/keyword/construct, right? put 30 spaces into a or put space * 30 into a ___ 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 -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ 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
