Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102727
interpreted = N
texte = Well done Ken! That's an approach I'd not thought of and to me seems like the most straight forward and re-usable. I now remember getting hung up on the [lookup] because it is in fact case sensitive. That is after all the main point of this thread... Marc Kenneth Grome wrote: >> But I cannot figure out how to get WebDNA to check a text >> string to report whether it is mixed case or not. > > > Here's another approach: > > Set the text string to a text variable (var) then create an > up.db with only one field (letter). Create one record in > this db for each uppercase letter in the alphabet, plus one > record for each non-alphabetic character that might occur in > a name. > > Then use this code: > > [math show=f]numUp=0[/math] > [text]numChars=[countchars][var][/countchars][/text] > > [listchars chars=[var]] > [showif [char]=[lookup > db=up.db&value=[char]&lookinfield=letter&returnfield=letter]] > [math show=f]numUp=numUp+1[/math] > [/showif] > [/listchars] > > [showif [numChars]=[numUp]] > all letters are uppercase > [/showif] > > [showif [numChars]![numUp]] > some letters are not uppercase > [/showif] > > > Sincerely, > Ken Grome > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > . > -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Dana E Keil 2009)
  2. RE: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text ("Olin Lagon" 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Marc Thompson 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Matthew Bohne 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Govinda 2009)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Terry Wilson 2009)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Brian Fries 2009)
  10. [WebDNA] checking for mixed case text (Dana E Keil 2009)
Well done Ken! That's an approach I'd not thought of and to me seems like the most straight forward and re-usable. I now remember getting hung up on the [lookup] because it is in fact case sensitive. That is after all the main point of this thread... Marc Kenneth Grome wrote: >> But I cannot figure out how to get WebDNA to check a text >> string to report whether it is mixed case or not. > > > Here's another approach: > > Set the text string to a text variable (var) then create an > up.db with only one field (letter). Create one record in > this db for each uppercase letter in the alphabet, plus one > record for each non-alphabetic character that might occur in > a name. > > Then use this code: > > [math show=f]numUp=0[/math] > [text]numChars=[countchars][var][/countchars][/text] > > [listchars chars=[var]] > [showif [char]=[lookup > db=up.db&value=[char]&lookinfield=letter&returnfield=letter]] > [math show=f]numUp=numUp+1[/math] > [/showif] > [/listchars] > > [showif [numChars]=[numUp]] > all letters are uppercase > [/showif] > > [showif [numChars]![numUp]] > some letters are not uppercase > [/showif] > > > Sincerely, > Ken Grome > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > . > -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson

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