Pete beat me to the punch. if text of fld 1 ends with text of fld 2 then \ delete char -(length(fld 2)) to -1 of fld 1
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 8/24/14 9:28 AM, "Peter Haworth" <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >if tString1 ends with tString2 then > delete char (the length of tString1 - the length of tString2 +1 ) to -1 >of tString1 >end if > >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 Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 8:12 AM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> I am saying if I have ³ABC² in one string and the other string >> has ³KCFAJFCABC² then I want to delete the ³ABC² from >> the end of the second string leaving ³KCFAJFC². >> >> John Balgenorth >> >> >> On Aug 24, 2014, at 8:09 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >> >> > Hi. >> > >> > >> > Are you saying that if you have "ABCD" and somewhere else you have: >> "AXFRZC" that you want to delete the "C" from the first string? >> > >> > >> > Whatever you want, the chunking and text control within LC is more >>than >> adequate to do the job, and will be fun do execute as well. But is this >> what you meant? >> > >> > >> > Craig Newman >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: JB <sund...@pacifier.com> >> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> > Sent: Sun, Aug 24, 2014 10:16 am >> > Subject: delete end chars >> > >> > >> > If I have a certain amount of characters >> > and I want to check the end of another >> > line of characters to see if they are there >> > and if so then delete them what is the >> > fastest way to do delete the characters >> > at the end of the specified line? >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 _______________________________________________ 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