Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words?

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102274
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texte = The most efficient code I've found for this is: [text]shortstring=[middle endbefore= ][getchars start=1&end=1000] [sourcestring][/getchars][/middle][/text] Brian Fries BrainScan Software On Mar 26, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Toby Cox wrote: > I looked into the different ways of doing this a while back and was > surprised by the results: > > To my mind there are 3 ways of doing it > > 1. The way Steve has described > > 2. Guessing how many words are in 1000 characters and doing a plain > listwords > > 3. Using FindString to pull out the last space from the first 1,000 > characters > > > A while back I did speed tests on this and was surprised by results > > Working on 8,000 characters on our servers option 1 takes 0.02 secs, > option 2 takes 0.35 secs and option 3 takes 0.00 > > > Code here > > > [text]mystring=[url]...Insert enormous string here...[/url][/text] > [math show=f]time3=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math] > [if [countchars][mystring][/countchars]>1000] > [then] > [listwords delimiters= &words=[unurl][getchars start=1&end=1000] > [mystring][/getchars][/unurl]][text]word[math][index]+1[/math]=[word] > [/text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... > [/then] > [else] > [mystring] > [/else] > [/if]

> [math show=f]time4=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math]** Countchars with listwords > took [format .2f][math]([time4]-[time3])/60[/math][/format] seconds ** >
> [math show=f]time1=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math] > [listwords words=[mystring]][showif [index]<100][word] [/showif][/ > listwords] >
> [math show=f]time2=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math]** Guessing how many > characters are in 1,000 chars took [format .2f][math]([time2]- > [time1])/60[/math][/format] seconds ** >

> > [math show=f]time1=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math] > [text]foundatstring=[getchars start=980&end=1000][mystring][/ > getchars][/text] > [text]foundat=[findstring Source=[foundatstring]&Find= > %20&StartAt=1&reverse=T][/text] > [unurl][getchars start=1&end=[math]1000-[foundat]-2[/math]][mystring] > [/getchars][/unurl]

>

> [math show=f]time2=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math]** Using FindString to find a > space in text takes [format .2f][math]([time2]-[time1])/60[/math][/ > format] seconds ** > >
> > > On 26 Mar 2009, at 20:36, Steve Craig wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have used this for a while now and it works fine for me. >> >> [if [countchars][myMAINSTORY][/countchars]>1000] >> [then] >> [listwords delimiters= &words=[url][getchars start=1&end=1000] >> [myMAINSTORY][/getchars][/url]][text]word[math][index]+1[/ >> math]=[word][/text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... >> [/then] >> [else] >> [myMAINSTORY] >> [/else] >> [/if] >> >> The listwords line should be all in one if this email wraps. Hope >> this helps. >> >> Cheers >> ======================================== >> Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd >> Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 >> ======================================== >> http://www.asylumweb.com >> Email: steve@asylumweb.com >> Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig >> ======================================== >> >> >> >> >> On 26 Mar 2009, at 19:54, Ki Song wrote: >> >>> Is there a function within WebDNA that allows you to limit the >>> number >>> of characters, but on get complete words? >>> For example, we would like to first 1000 characters from a field. >>> However, if character 1000 is in the middle of a word, it would only >>> return the last full word before the 1000th character. >>> >>> Does that make sense? >>> Is this possible? >>> >>> ----------- >>> Ki Song >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Stuart Tremain 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Patrick McCormick 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Toby Cox 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Brian Fries 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Toby Cox 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Steve Craig 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  8. [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Ki Song 2009)
The most efficient code I've found for this is: [text]shortstring=[middle endbefore= ][getchars start=1&end=1000] [sourcestring][/getchars][/middle][/text] Brian Fries BrainScan Software On Mar 26, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Toby Cox wrote: > I looked into the different ways of doing this a while back and was > surprised by the results: > > To my mind there are 3 ways of doing it > > 1. The way Steve has described > > 2. Guessing how many words are in 1000 characters and doing a plain > listwords > > 3. Using FindString to pull out the last space from the first 1,000 > characters > > > A while back I did speed tests on this and was surprised by results > > Working on 8,000 characters on our servers option 1 takes 0.02 secs, > option 2 takes 0.35 secs and option 3 takes 0.00 > > > Code here > > > [text]mystring=[url]...Insert enormous string here...[/url][/text] > [math show=f]time3=[elapsedtime][/math] > [if [countchars][mystring][/countchars]>1000] > [then] > [listwords delimiters= &words=[unurl][getchars start=1&end=1000] > [mystring][/getchars][/unurl]][text]word[math][index]+1[/math]=[word] > [/text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... > [/then] > [else] > [mystring] > [/else] > [/if]

> [math show=f]time4=[elapsedtime][/math]** Countchars with listwords > took [format .2f][math]([time4]-[time3])/60[/math][/format] seconds ** >
> [math show=f]time1=[elapsedtime][/math] > [listwords words=[mystring]][showif [index]<100][word] [/showif][/ > listwords] >
> [math show=f]time2=[elapsedtime][/math]** Guessing how many > characters are in 1,000 chars took [format .2f][math]([time2]- > [time1])/60[/math][/format] seconds ** >

> > [math show=f]time1=[elapsedtime][/math] > [text]foundatstring=[getchars start=980&end=1000][mystring][/ > getchars][/text] > [text]foundat=[findstring Source=[foundatstring]&Find= > %20&StartAt=1&reverse=T][/text] > [unurl][getchars start=1&end=[math]1000-[foundat]-2[/math]][mystring] > [/getchars][/unurl]

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> [math show=f]time2=[elapsedtime][/math]** Using FindString to find a > space in text takes [format .2f][math]([time2]-[time1])/60[/math][/ > format] seconds ** > >
> > > On 26 Mar 2009, at 20:36, Steve Craig wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have used this for a while now and it works fine for me. >> >> [if [countchars][myMAINSTORY][/countchars]>1000] >> [then] >> [listwords delimiters= &words=[url][getchars start=1&end=1000] >> [myMAINSTORY][/getchars][/url]][text]word[math][index]+1[/ >> math]=[word][/text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... >> [/then] >> [else] >> [myMAINSTORY] >> [/else] >> [/if] >> >> The listwords line should be all in one if this email wraps. Hope >> this helps. >> >> Cheers >> ======================================== >> Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd >> Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 >> ======================================== >> http://www.asylumweb.com >> Email: steve@asylumweb.com >> Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig >> ======================================== >> >> >> >> >> On 26 Mar 2009, at 19:54, Ki Song wrote: >> >>> Is there a function within WebDNA that allows you to limit the >>> number >>> of characters, but on get complete words? >>> For example, we would like to first 1000 characters from a field. >>> However, if character 1000 is in the middle of a word, it would only >>> return the last full word before the 1000th character. >>> >>> Does that make sense? >>> Is this possible? >>> >>> ----------- >>> Ki Song >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Brian Fries

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