Re: [trim]?!
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
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texte = On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, WebDna @ Inkblot Media wrote:> If you are running webcat 5 the getchars has a trim.i'm not.. thanks...>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Kalin Mintchev"
> To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:26 PM> Subject: 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 is> when> > > 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 the> beginning> > > > 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 convertchars> db> > > > 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's> real> > > > >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 their> name.> > > > >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 for> empty> > > > >space characters at the end and deleting them until it finds a> character> > > > >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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, WebDna @ Inkblot Media wrote:> If you are running webcat 5 the getchars has a trim.i'm not.. thanks...>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Kalin Mintchev" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:26 PM> Subject: 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 is> when> > > 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 the> beginning> > > > 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 convertchars> db> > > > 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's> real> > > > >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 their> name.> > > > >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 for> empty> > > > >space characters at the end and deleting them until it finds a> character> > > > >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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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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