Thanks Kay, I will play with offset but I think the trick will be covering each different number of ['s per line.
Glen On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Kay C Lan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Glen, > > look up offset in the Rev Dictionary. > > If you are sure that there is no possibility of a space between the > number and [, then something like this should work: > > if (char (offset("[",tMyLine) - 1) of tMyLine is an integer) then > --script to replace with "_" > else > --script to replace with empty > end if > > HTH > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Glen Bojsza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry to bother everyone but either I'm tired or brain dead. > > > > I have a field which has hundreds of lines. > > > > For all [ in the field I need to check to see if the character to it's > > immediate left is a number. > > > > If it is a number then the [ is to be converted into an _. > > > > If it is not a number then the [ is to be removed (no substitution or > > spaces). > > > > I need to be able to cycle through the entire field which each line may > > contain several [. > > > > Any thoughts would be appreciated as I have tried using a combination of > > find characters and foundchunk on the field without success. > > > > thanks, > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
