Yes, it should be: replace "/" & item 4 of <wherever your url is> with empty in <wherever your url is>
The other way works if he's always looking to replace the same string, this is better if the string is always in a known position but the string itself could vary. I have so many instances where I need to set the itemdelimiter to tab that I wrote a handler to deal with it. function tabItem pitem,pstring set the itemdelim to tab return item pitem of pstring end tabItem put tabItem(4,mystring) into myItem Since itemdelim is local to the handler, no need to store it away and restore it. Nothing fancy but probably saved me a few hundred lines of code, and forgetting to restore the itemdelim in the calling handlers. I wish there was a way to "put column 4 of <string> into xyz" using the columndelimiter setting (default tab) but I think columndelimiter only applies to the split and combine commands for handling arrays. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Michael Kann <mikek...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Pete, > > One little improvement is needed: > > replace item 4 of <wherever your url is> with empty in <wherever your url > is> > > When I change the itemDelimiter to something exotic I almost always forget > to change it back then wonder why those items don't obey. If you are going > to change the itemDelimiter you might try something like: > > put the itemDel into old_delimiter > set the itemDel to "/" > -- gather some items > set the itemDel to old_delimiter > > Mike > > > --- On Sun, 7/31/11, Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> wrote: > > From: Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> > Subject: Re: How do I remove part of a path? > To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011, 9:36 PM > > replace "/public.html" with empty in <wherever the url is>. That's > assuming > it's always the same string you want to get rid of. Alternatively: > > set the itemdelimiter to "/" > replace item 4 of <wherever your url is> with empty > > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Admin <ad...@mfelkerco.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > Say I have the following path: > > > > > > > > > http://www.travelandworkusa.com/public_html/userfiles/Felker_Mike/robot_trans_noshadow.png > > > > > > How do I get rid of just /public_html ? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
