2014-02-22 18:49 GMT+01:00 proth...@earthednet.org <proth...@earthednet.org>: > Folks: > I think there is something weird about "offset". This occurred on version 6.5 > and now on 6.6. > > First off, the documents say: > > "the charsToSkip is a non-negative integer. If you don't specify how many > charsToSkip, the offset function does not skip any items and starts at the > beginning of the stringToSearch." > > Note the use of the word "items". Skipping characters vs skipping "items" is > a > different matter. In the revdocs that are online, the definition of > "characters" > to skip is correct.
You are right, offset() works only with characters (string) > But, that's not the end of the story. Offset does not appear to be working correctly anyway. > > If I run the script: > > put "abcdefgabcccablmnopoq" into theChars > put offset("c",theChars) > > I get: 3, which is correct > > If I do: > put "abcdefgabcccablmnopoq" into theChars > put offset("c",theChars,3) > > I get 7. ??? What the heck? well, you can see these lines being equivalent: put "abcdefgabcccablmnopoq" into theChars delete char 1 to 3 of theChars put offset("c",theChars) and you'll get 7, which is right. and doing the same for your next example, gives you 3 which is right too. > > But, if I do: > put "abcdefgabcccablmnopoq" into theChars > put offset("c",theChars,7) > > I get: 3 > HTH, Thierry ------------------------------------------------ Thierry Douez - http://sunny-tdz.com Maker of sunnYperl - sunnYmidi - sunnYmage - sunnYpdf _______________________________________________ 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