Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39065
interpreted = N
texte = [grep search=0+([0-9]+)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep]this just gets rid of the initial zeros......0010200 results in 10200 --- John Peacock wrote: > 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/ ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Marc M. 2001)
  2. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Marc M. 2001)
  3. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (John Peacock 2001)
  4. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Brian Fries 2001)
  5. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Laeg Ent. 2001)
  6. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Laeg Ent. 2001)
  7. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Laeg Ent. 2001)
  8. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Anup Setty 2001)
  9. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (John Peacock 2001)
  10. Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog (Anup Setty 2001)
  11. String manipulation in Webcatalog (Laeg Ent. 2001)
[grep search=0+([0-9]+)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep]this just gets rid of the initial zeros......0010200 results in 10200 --- John Peacock wrote: > 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/ ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Laeg Ent.

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