Hey Webdude, I totally understand what you need. I've done this before.
Here's the taf with the code on how to do it. Also, follow this link to see the results: www.webenergy-sw.com/arraytest.taf Rick Sanders Vice President of I.T. Webenergy-Icantec Kitchener - Waterloo:(519) 741-2117 Montreal: (514) 808-0788 www.webenergy-sw.com www.icantec.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: ARRAY?? > Hi Gene and Dave, > > Thanks for the snips. They both work well. Unfortunately, I already > have gotten this far. I understand how to assign and filter arrays. > > Maybe I should explain myself more fully... > > It's not the values I am concerned about, but the naming of > individual variables in ascending order. I need the final result > taken out of the array and put into individual variables named > whatever1, whatever2, whatever3 and so on with no variables being > empty. So in your example. I would nee variables with no null > variables named spaced1, spaced2 spaced3 and so on. > > Example > > (original array) > A (row1) > B (row2) > C (row3) > (row4) > (row5) > D (row6) > E (row7) > (row8) > F (row9) > (row10) > G (row11) > H (row12) > > (what I need) > <@ASSIGN spaced1 "A"> > <@ASSIGN spaced2 "B"> > <@ASSIGN spaced3 "C"> > <@ASSIGN spaced4 "D"> > <@ASSIGN spaced5 "E"> > <@ASSIGN spaced6 "F"> > <@ASSIGN spaced7 "G"> > <@ASSIGN spaced8 "H"> > > The reason I need these variables named this way is because I am > going to pass them as hidden arguments to an ASP program that writes > out a business card. Now it would look funny if the cards had blank > lines in them. Yet I need to name the cells in Acrobat specifically > for each line on the card. So if a person wants their name, address > and email but not there phone or fax, the args passed would go to the > top cells. > > Business Card Cells on original card > > ____Name_________(Named spaced1) > _____Address1_____(Named spaced2) > _____Address2_____(Named spaced3) > _____City, State Zip_ (Named spaced4) > _____phone________(Named spaced5) > _____fax__________(Named spaced6) > _____email_________(Named spaced7) > _____cell__________(Named spaced8) > _____route________(Named spaced9) > _____whatever_____(Named spaced10) > > would turn into... > ____Name__________(Named spaced1) > ______Address1_____(Named spaced2) > ______Address2_____(Named spaced3) > _____City, State Zip__(Named spaced4) > ______email________(Named spaced5) > ______(blank)_______(Named spaced6) > ______(blank)_______(Named spaced7) > ______(blank)_______(Named spaced8) > ______(blank)_______(Named spaced9) > ______(blank)_______(Named spaced10) > > Is this making sense??? > > > > > > > > >Another way to do the same thing would be to use the filter tag: > > > ><@Assign Local$SpacedArray <@ARRAY VALUE="A;B;C; ; ;D;E; ;F; ;G;H;">> > >Spaced Array Begins as = <@Var Local$SpacedArray><p> > ><@Assign local$SpacedArray <@filter array=local$SpacedArray > >expr="len(<@trim str='#1'>)">> > >Spaced Array now = <@Var Local$SpacedArray><p> > > > >Dave Shelley > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Wolf, Gene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:05 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: ARRAY?? > > > > Sure. Here's sample code. I've tested it, it works. > > > ><@Assign Local$SpacedArray <@ARRAY VALUE="A;B;C; ; ;D;E; ;F; ;G;H;">> > > > >Spaced Array Begins as = <@Var Local$SpacedArray><p> > ><@Assign Local$RowCount <@Numrows Array=Local$SpacedArray>> > ><@Assign Local$Ptr 1> > > > ><@FOR START="1" STOP="<@Var Local$RowCount>"> > > <@IFEMPTY VALUE="<@Trim Str=<@Var > >Local$SpacedArray[<@Currow>,1]>>"> > > <@ELSE> > > <@Assign Local$SpacedArray[<@Var Local$Ptr>,1] <@Var > >Local$SpacedArray[<@Currow>,1]>> > > <@IF EXPR="<@Currow>!=<@Var Local$Ptr>"> > > <@Assign Local$SpacedArray[<@Currow>,1] ' '> > > </@IF> > > <@Assign Local$Ptr <@Calc EXPR="<@Var Local$Ptr>+1">> > > </@IF> > ></@FOR> > >Spaced Array now = <@Var Local$SpacedArray><p> > ><@Assign Local$Ptr <@Calc EXPR="<@Var Local$Ptr>">> > > > > > ><@Comment>Delete Remaining blank rows in the Array</@Comment> > ><@FOR START="<@Var Local$Ptr>" STOP="<@Var Local$RowCount>"> > > <@Delrows Array=Local$SpacedArray> > ></@FOR> > >Spaced Array now = <@Var Local$SpacedArray><p> > > > > > >Hope this helps! > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:50 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: ARRAY?? > > > > > >Hey Gene, > > > >I have been trying to wrap my arms around this one. Do you have a > >simple example you could show/send me? For some reason the second > >loop never counts. > > > >Also, > > > >is it possible to do this using the <@for> tag? > > > >Thanks for any help. > > > >>May I suggest a solution? Introduce another variable called Ptr. > >>Initialize it to one. Walk through your loop testing each element > >>for values. For examining array fields for nulls I typically use > >><@Trim Str="<@Var... > >> > >> Now, if you do NOT find the array element empty increment Ptr by > >>one. As long as the array elements have valid values Ptr will keep > >>pace with your look counter. When the first empty spot is detected > >>both counters will be the same. > >> > >> At the bottom of the loop you test to see the array element > >>pointed to by your loop index is empty. If not, test to see if loop > >>index and Ptr are the same. If so, do nothing. If not, assign the > >>element pointed at by your loop variable to the location pointed at > >>by Ptr and empty the element pointed at by your loop counter. Then > >>increment your loop counter and Ptr. When you run across an empty > >>cell, with your loop counter, you do not increment Ptr. > >> > >> This will collapse all of the empty space out of your array and > >>condense it at the end of your array. > >> > >> It is complicated to explain but very easy to do. A small loop > >>and a couple of if statements. > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 4:20 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Witango-Talk: ARRAY?? > >> > >> > >>Okay, > >> > >>I'm tired and crabby and need help. This should be simple, but for > >>some reason, I am just not seeing it. > >> > >>I have variables that I am populating with small amounts of text. > >>They are named ... > >> > >><@VAR lcell1> = test1 > >><@VAR lcell2> = > >><@VAR lcell3> = test3 > >><@VAR lcell4> = test4 > >>etc. > >>etc. > >>etc. > >> > >>Let's just stop at 4 for now to keep this simple (simple is good! Good > >simple) > >> > >>Now I created a loop and a counter that counts up to 4 and I have > >>added this in the loop... > >> > >><@IFEMPTY <@VAR 'lcell<@VAR l_counter>'>> > >><@ELSE> > >><@ASSIGN NAME="llcell<@VAR l_counter>" VALUE="<@VAR 'lcell<@VAR > >l_counter>'>"> > >></@IF> > >> > >>And when I display the results I can see the values correctly. It is > >>working as expected BUT I would like to skip the counter on every > >><@VAR lcell that is empty. I other words, If <@VAR lcell2> is empty, > >>move the values from <@VAR lcell3> into <@VAR lcell2> and also move > >>the values from <@VAR lcell4> into <@VAR lcell3>. Is this making > >>sense? I would like to get all the variables named 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. > >>with no empty variables between. > >> > >>The final result should be a list of numbered variable that contain > >>no empty variables or empty variables in the end... > >> > >>Original Variables... > >> > >><@VAR lcell1> = test1 > >><@VAR lcell2> = > >><@VAR lcell3> = test3 > >><@VAR lcell4> = test4 > >> > >>Modified Variables > >> > > ><@VAR llcell1> = test1 > >><@VAR llcell2> = test3 > >><@VAR llcell3> = test4 > > ><@VAR llcell4> = > >> > >>Thanks > >> > >>There's gotta be an easy way to do this > >> > >>_______________________________________________________________________ > >_ > >>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > >>_______________________________________________________________________ > >_ > >>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > >________________________________________________________________________ > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
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