Re: [listchars] request (was: Bug in capitalize ... ?)
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texte = I am very pleased with this response, thanks Scott. >Awesome! Thanks, Scott! > >- brian > >On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 11:30 AM, Scott Anderson wrote: > >>Great suggestions. Along with a review of the [capitalize] code, we will >>add [listchars] and [searchstring] to the feature list for 5.2. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Brian Fries [mailto:webdna@brainscansoftware.com] >>Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:04 AM >>To: WebDNA Talk >>Subject: [listchars] request (was: Bug in capitalize ... ?) >> >> >>I second the request for [listchars]. I know you can mimic the behavior >>with current syntax, but a built-in [listchars] would be much more >>efficient. >> >>Current code: >> >>[loop start=1&end=[countchars][thetext][/countchars]] >>[text]char=[getchars start=[index]&end=[index]][/text] >>... do what you need to with [char] >>[/loop] >> >>Improved code, with listchars added: >> >>[listchars [url][thetext][/url]] >>...[char] and [index] context variables available to mess with >>[/listchars] >> >>Additionally, it would be great to include "start" and "end" parameters >>to [listchars] so you could process a range of characters. >> >>[listchars start=20&end=60&chars=[url][thetext][/url]] >> >> >>While I'm at it, I'd also love a [searchstring] tag that would tell me >>the offset of a specified substring within a given chunk of text: >> >>[text]offset=[searchstring >>string=[url][thetext][/url]&search=bobby&start=100][/text] >> >>would find the offset of the text "bobby" within [theText], starting at >>offset 100 (so you could then find the next occurrence). Would return >>zero if not found. >> >>I do a fair amount of large-block text processing, and these tools >>would make my code much more efficient. >> >>Thanks, >>Brian >> >>On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 06:36 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> >>>A context like [listchars] might also be helpful in this situation as >>>a work-around. In fact I asked for [listchars] a couple years ago, >>>but the 'powers that be' at SMSI apparently did not value my >>>suggestion, so it's still not in the language -- and therefore we >>>still do not have a simple way of listing all the characters in a >>>particular string of text. >>> >-- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com -- > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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I am very pleased with this response, thanks Scott. >Awesome! Thanks, Scott! > >- brian > >On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 11:30 AM, Scott Anderson wrote: > >>Great suggestions. Along with a review of the [capitalize] code, we will >>add [listchars] and [searchstring] to the feature list for 5.2. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Brian Fries [mailto:webdna@brainscansoftware.com] >>Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:04 AM >>To: WebDNA Talk >>Subject: [listchars] request (was: Bug in capitalize ... ?) >> >> >>I second the request for [listchars]. I know you can mimic the behavior >>with current syntax, but a built-in [listchars] would be much more >>efficient. >> >>Current code: >> >>[loop start=1&end=[countchars][thetext][/countchars]] >>[text]char=[getchars start=[index]&end=[index]][/text] >>... do what you need to with [char] >>[/loop] >> >>Improved code, with listchars added: >> >>[listchars [url][thetext][/url]] >>...[char] and [index] context variables available to mess with >>[/listchars] >> >>Additionally, it would be great to include "start" and "end" parameters >>to [listchars] so you could process a range of characters. >> >>[listchars start=20&end=60&chars=[url][thetext][/url]] >> >> >>While I'm at it, I'd also love a [searchstring] tag that would tell me >>the offset of a specified substring within a given chunk of text: >> >>[text]offset=[searchstring >>string=[url][thetext][/url]&search=bobby&start=100][/text] >> >>would find the offset of the text "bobby" within [theText], starting at >>offset 100 (so you could then find the next occurrence). Would return >>zero if not found. >> >>I do a fair amount of large-block text processing, and these tools >>would make my code much more efficient. >> >>Thanks, >>Brian >> >>On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 06:36 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> >>>A context like [listchars] might also be helpful in this situation as >>>a work-around. In fact I asked for [listchars] a couple years ago, >>>but the 'powers that be' at SMSI apparently did not value my >>>suggestion, so it's still not in the language -- and therefore we >>>still do not have a simple way of listing all the characters in a >>>particular string of text. >>> >-- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.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/ -- Sincerely, Kenneth Grome ------------------------------------------------------------- Outsource your WebDNA programming for $18 an hour or less! ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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