Re: replaceText

-= JB =- Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:58:51 -0700

I am actually not storing strings in fields in the sense you mightthink. I amput html code in one field, a list of file names in another field anda list offiles in the third field. I am using rev to access folders and getthe files and

then update the code with that file list.

My school of though is I could not get replaceText to do the job andyour

solution works so I am happy.


-=>JB<=-


On Jun 7, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

There are 2 schools of thought about this sort of problem:

1. The elegant code school.

2. The garden spade school.

I belong to the second; as I am not unduly worried about the
fact that a couple of extra lines of code may add a few micro-seconds
to the time taken for it to execute. Hence the "Dunno".

And, while on that topic, a type 1 person might ask why you are
storing your strings in fields at all when they could reside in either
a string variable or a custom property; either of which would allow
code execution to take place much more rapidly.

I am also somebody who likes to stir the pot a bit.  :)

-= JB =- wrote:

Got it working, thanks
I was concerned if it would find the text if it had other characters
on each side instead of spaces and like you say it works.

-=>JB=-


On Jun 7, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

I don't think Runtime Revolution as such parses
words the way human beings do, it will replace
any string (or part thereof) with any other string.

For the sake of argument try this:

on mouseUp
 put "id=d2b516" into oldWord
 put "id=xyz59wk" into newWord
 if fld id 1004 contains "id=d2b516" then
   replace oldWord with newWord in fld id 1004
 end if
end mouseUp


-= JB =- wrote:

Will this work if it needs to be characters and not words?
I will give it a try and get back with you.

-=>JB<=-


On Jun 7, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

Dunno what all the fuss is about;

this works:

on mouseUp
 put "id=d2b516" into oldWord
 put "id=anything" into newWord
 if fld id 1004 contains "id=d2b516" then
   replace oldWord with newWord in fld "fSTUFF"
   end if
end mouseUp

-= JB =- wrote:

Below is a piece of text from the field,

/link.php?&gr=1&id=d2b516&url=/ftt/

I will be replacing id=d2b516 with id=anything

-=>JB<=-


On Jun 7, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
JB, can you post a piece of the text you are modifying?

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On 7 jun 2009, at 21:55, -= JB =- wrote:
In the code below the reason I delete chars is because I amactually replacingthe same line twice but the first time that line has id=before it with no .jpg while
the second time it has thumbs/ before it and a .jpg after.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this task?

-=>JB<=-
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