Re: nested ListWords?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50567
interpreted = N
texte = Do you have tested with [getchars] ?? > I have a list of information that contains elements composed of three > sets of characters separated by -. I want to extract the three sets > of substrings from each element in turn. I thought I might be able to > use a ListWords context nested inside another, but [word] in the inner > context returns the [word] from the outer one. I can get around this > by using ListPath after converting - to /, but this seems > inelegant. Does someone have a better solution or other insights? > > Is it worth requesting a split feature, as in [split > string=[some-bits-here-and-there]&delimiter=-&index=4]? > > Code that doesn't work (I tried Switch & Case statements, too): > > [text]lst=A1-9-dh1,A2-9-dh2,A3-9-dh3[/text] > > [listwords words=[lst]&delimiters=,] > [text]thisword=[word][/text]
> [listwords words=[thisword]&delimiter=-] > [if ([index]=1)] > [then] > [text]well=[thisword][/text] > well=[well]
> [/then] > [/if] > [if ([index]=2)] > [then] > [text]orderNum=[word][/text] > orderNum = [orderNum]
> [/then] > [/if] > [if ([index]=3)] > [then] > [text]sampleName=[word][/text] > SN = [sampleName]
> [/then] > [/if] > [/listWords] > [/listWords] > > Workaround that does work but is kludgey: > > [text]lst=A1-9-dh1,A2-9-dh2,A3-9-dh3[/text] > [text]lstC=[Grep search=(-)&replace=/][lst][/Grep][/text] > [listwords words=[lstC]&delimiters=,] > [text]s=[word][/text] > s = [word] > [listPath path=[s]]
> [Switch value=[index]] > [case value=1] > [text]well=[name][/text] > [/case] > [case value=2] > [text]orderNum=[name][/text] > [/case] > [case value=3] > [text]sampleName=[name][/text] > [/case] > [/switch] > [/listPath] > [/listWords] > > Thanks again. > > Dave Hurley > Biology Department > University of Washington > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Do you have tested with [getchars] ?? > I have a list of information that contains elements composed of three > sets of characters separated by -. I want to extract the three sets > of substrings from each element in turn. I thought I might be able to > use a ListWords context nested inside another, but [word] in the inner > context returns the [word] from the outer one. I can get around this > by using ListPath after converting - to /, but this seems > inelegant. Does someone have a better solution or other insights? > > Is it worth requesting a split feature, as in [split > string=[some-bits-here-and-there]&delimiter=-&index=4]? > > Code that doesn't work (I tried Switch & Case statements, too): > > [text]lst=A1-9-dh1,A2-9-dh2,A3-9-dh3[/text] > > [listwords words=[lst]&delimiters=,] > [text]thisword=[word][/text]
> [listwords words=[thisword]&delimiter=-] > [if ([index]=1)] > [then] > [text]well=[thisword][/text] > well=[well]
> [/then] > [/if] > [if ([index]=2)] > [then] > [text]orderNum=[word][/text] > orderNum = [orderNum]
> [/then] > [/if] > [if ([index]=3)] > [then] > [text]sampleName=[word][/text] > SN = [sampleName]
> [/then] > [/if] > [/listWords] > [/listWords] > > Workaround that does work but is kludgey: > > [text]lst=A1-9-dh1,A2-9-dh2,A3-9-dh3[/text] > [text]lstC=[Grep search=(-)&replace=/][lst][/Grep][/text] > [listwords words=[lstC]&delimiters=,] > [text]s=[word][/text] > s = [word] > [listPath path=[s]]
> [Switch value=[index]] > [case value=1] > [text]well=[name][/text] > [/case] > [case value=2] > [text]orderNum=[name][/text] > [/case] > [case value=3] > [text]sampleName=[name][/text] > [/case] > [/switch] > [/listPath] > [/listWords] > > Thanks again. > > Dave Hurley > Biology Department > University of Washington > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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