Re: [trim]?!
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
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texte = If you are running webcat 5 the getchars has a trim.----- Original Message ----- From: "Kalin Mintchev"
To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:26 PMSubject: Re: [trim]?!>>> oh, i see now the $... didn't know thw webDNA grep is like the 'real'> grep... sorry....>>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Kalin Mintchev wrote:>> >> >> > thanks... grep is great but replaces ALL the spaces - the problem iswhen> > they use names with spaces in them... like 'Mary Jo', or 'Mary Ann'etc..> > i.e.:> > if i have:> >> > [text]name=mary jo [/text]> >> > [trim][name][/trim] should produce 'mary jo'> >> > wheres [grep search= $&replace=][name][/grep] will produce 'maryjo'> >> > it's happening. that's why i mentioned it...> >> >> >> > On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Gary Krockover wrote:> >> > > Sure:> > >> > > [grep search= $&replace=][YOUR_VAR][/grep]> > >> > > But I agree, a Trim would be nice, as in PHP:> > >> > > string trim ( string str [, string charlist])> > >> > > Note: The optional charlist parameter was added in PHP 4.1.0> > >> > > This function returns a string with whitespace stripped from thebeginning> > > and end of str . Without the second parameter, trim() will strip these> > > characters:> > >> > > " " (ASCII 32 (0x20)), an ordinary space.> > >> > > "\t" (ASCII 9 (0x09)), a tab.> > >> > > "\n" (ASCII 10 (0x0A)), a new line (line feed).> > >> > > "\r" (ASCII 13 (0x0D)), a carriage return.> > >> > > "\0" (ASCII 0 (0x00)), the NUL-byte.> > >> > > "\x0B" (ASCII 11 (0x0B)), a vertical tab.> > >> > > You can also specify the characters you want to strip, by means of the> > > charlist parameter. Simply list all characters that you want to be> > > stripped. With .. you can specify a range of characters.> > >> > > Then there's ltrim() and rtrim().> > >> > > I guess one could be constructive and use a combo of the convertcharsdb> > > and grep....> > >> > >> > > GK> > >> > > At 07:45 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote:> > >> > >> > > >is there such a thing? i have this client that wanted to use user'sreal> > > >name to authenticate themselves when they subscribe but every week at> > > >least one new subscriber will call to ask why he can not log on. 99%of> > > >the time is because they've put an extra white space after theirname.> > > >is there [trim] command? and if not - why not?> > > >i can just replace spaces but sometimes 'Mary Jo' will show up as a> > > >first name. the only solution is, i think, a loop that checks forempty> > > >space characters at the end and deleting them until it finds acharacter> > > >but [trim] would be so much better... is there [trim] in 6?> > > >> > > >thanks...> > >> > >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> > > 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/> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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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If you are running webcat 5 the getchars has a trim.----- Original Message ----- From: "Kalin Mintchev" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:26 PMSubject: Re: [trim]?!>>> oh, i see now the $... didn't know thw webDNA grep is like the 'real'> grep... sorry....>>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Kalin Mintchev wrote:>> >> >> > thanks... grep is great but replaces ALL the spaces - the problem iswhen> > they use names with spaces in them... like 'Mary Jo', or 'Mary Ann'etc..> > i.e.:> > if i have:> >> > [text]name=mary jo [/text]> >> > [trim][name][/trim] should produce 'mary jo'> >> > wheres [grep search= $&replace=][name][/grep] will produce 'maryjo'> >> > it's happening. that's why i mentioned it...> >> >> >> > On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Gary Krockover wrote:> >> > > Sure:> > >> > > [grep search= $&replace=][YOUR_VAR][/grep]> > >> > > But I agree, a Trim would be nice, as in PHP:> > >> > > string trim ( string str [, string charlist])> > >> > > Note: The optional charlist parameter was added in PHP 4.1.0> > >> > > This function returns a string with whitespace stripped from thebeginning> > > and end of str . Without the second parameter, trim() will strip these> > > characters:> > >> > > " " (ASCII 32 (0x20)), an ordinary space.> > >> > > "\t" (ASCII 9 (0x09)), a tab.> > >> > > "\n" (ASCII 10 (0x0A)), a new line (line feed).> > >> > > "\r" (ASCII 13 (0x0D)), a carriage return.> > >> > > "\0" (ASCII 0 (0x00)), the NUL-byte.> > >> > > "\x0B" (ASCII 11 (0x0B)), a vertical tab.> > >> > > You can also specify the characters you want to strip, by means of the> > > charlist parameter. Simply list all characters that you want to be> > > stripped. With .. you can specify a range of characters.> > >> > > Then there's ltrim() and rtrim().> > >> > > I guess one could be constructive and use a combo of the convertcharsdb> > > and grep....> > >> > >> > > GK> > >> > > At 07:45 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote:> > >> > >> > > >is there such a thing? i have this client that wanted to use user'sreal> > > >name to authenticate themselves when they subscribe but every week at> > > >least one new subscriber will call to ask why he can not log on. 99%of> > > >the time is because they've put an extra white space after theirname.> > > >is there [trim] command? and if not - why not?> > > >i can just replace spaces but sometimes 'Mary Jo' will show up as a> > > >first name. the only solution is, i think, a loop that checks forempty> > > >space characters at the end and deleting them until it finds acharacter> > > >but [trim] would be so much better... is there [trim] in 6?> > > >> > > >thanks...> > >> > >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> > > 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/> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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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