Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39047
interpreted = N
texte = Laeg Ent. wrote: > > I have a number like 000004567000000 > > I am unsure how many zeros are before the actual > number and unsure how many after. I need to extract > the number. How do you do this in Webcatalog? Its > seems pretty weak on string manipulation. > [math][likenumber]+0[/math] will get you 4567000000 (since 0's after the number are usually relevant).or [grep search=0+([0-9]+)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep]will strip all trailing and preceeding zeros, but preserve embedded zeros.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Laeg Ent. wrote: > > I have a number like 000004567000000 > > I am unsure how many zeros are before the actual > number and unsure how many after. I need to extract > the number. How do you do this in Webcatalog? Its > seems pretty weak on string manipulation. > [math][likenumber]+0[/math] will get you 4567000000 (since 0's after the number are usually relevant).or [grep search=0+([0-9]+)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep]will strip all trailing and preceeding zeros, but preserve embedded zeros.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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