On 07/08/2019 20:10, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote:
I’m finally writing my new version of dependency calculation for database
variables, with a supposedly clever easy format fo entry and machine calculated
script.
I need to replace only exact true words, though. So I need to be able t
> Richard H. wrote:
> I need to replace only exact true words, though.
> So I need to be able to take an input string such as
>5*pay - 2*monthlypay
> and be able to replace “pay" with
>getVal(pay,,,debtor)
> without replacing monthlypay.
You could try the following (works for me).
Put a
On Aug 7, 2019, at 1:05 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
wrote:
>
> Again, this is probably better handled with database queries.
The catch is that I’m doing this to *build* those queries (or, actually, to
invoke a combination)!
the combination I mentioned would cause another value to be cal
Again, this is probably better handled with database queries. But looking at
your example, wouldn't it be simpler to replace "*" with space & "*" & space,
and likewise with everything not a-z A-Z including cr, lf, etc? Now you have a
guarantee that wholematches will work with words.
Bob S
>
I’m finally writing my new version of dependency calculation for database
variables, with a supposedly clever easy format fo entry and machine calculated
script.
I need to replace only exact true words, though. So I need to be able to take
an input string such as
5*pay - 2*monthlypay
and
