Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-07 Thread Jim Lambert
This conversation has veered far from LiveCode. The wise advice generously proffered does not seem to have landed. So, I second PeterH’s suggestion that this thread move to a more appropriate venue. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
I really do appreciate your help, Jacque. The technician had me go to the site with him on the phone line talking to me and had me enter my info. He knows if I am at the site and asked me everything I saw. As for stealing my info he would be aware if I had been compromised very fast. His quest

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/7/2014, 12:12 AM, JB wrote: I was not thinking correctly and you are right about DNS but it goes back to the same issue of why do you think B of A techs would not be aware of this and have me change my password. A DNS spoof is outside of their control, and they wouldn't know you are tryin

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread Peter Haworth
Personally, I'd like to see this discussion continued somewhere more appropriate to the subject matter. It has nothing remotely to do with Livecode. Pete lcSQL Software On Sep 6, 2014 9:26 PM, "JB" wrote: > If my DNS was changed the bank would not recognize me > and they would never have let

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
I was not thinking correctly and you are right about DNS but it goes back to the same issue of why do you think B of A techs would not be aware of this and have me change my password. Unless you have done their job I do not think you have the knowledge they have. So it does not matter if I know D

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread Peter W A Wood
On 7 Sep 2014, at 12:26, JB wrote: > If my DNS was changed the bank would not recognize me > and they would never have let me log in without explaining > why I have a different DNS and would tell me that was the > problem. They are not idiots and don’t allow people to use > my account with anot

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
I am glad you are done. B of A had me go to the web site with them of the phone and we still had the problems. I was not at a fake site. Post some good evidence. I am not going to tell you anything else B of A and I talked about. John Balgenorth On Sep 6, 2014, at 9:57 PM, Jerry Jensen wrot

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread Jerry Jensen
On Sep 6, 2014, at 9:38 PM, JB wrote: > B of A did not have MacKeeper ads. I can assure you that > they were told about the abuse during the time they finally > got me logged in. > > If you can prove what they have not I am sure they would > like to know about it. Post the evidence. I agree,

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
B of A did not have MacKeeper ads. I can assure you that they were told about the abuse during the time they finally got me logged in. If you can prove what they have not I am sure they would like to know about it. Post the evidence. John Balgenorth On Sep 6, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Jerry Jensen w

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread Jerry Jensen
On Sep 6, 2014, at 9:26 PM, JB wrote: > If my DNS was changed the bank would not recognize me > and they would never have let me log in without explaining > why I have a different DNS and would tell me that was the > problem. They are not idiots and don’t allow people to use > my account with an

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
If my DNS was changed the bank would not recognize me and they would never have let me log in without explaining why I have a different DNS and would tell me that was the problem. They are not idiots and don’t allow people to use my account with another DNS and that includes me. John Balgenorth

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread Jerry Jensen
On Sep 6, 2014, at 8:45 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 9/6/2014, 6:53 PM, JB wrote: >> I would like to clarify the part about the attack from MacKeeper >> preventing me from accessing my bank account. I mentioned >> that I was also taken to MacKeeper instead of the websites I >> wanted to go to.

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
I suspect MacKeeper is the culprit and they are causing the problem to get me and other to purchase MacKeeper. It is similar to the mafial coming into a store and telling them we have noticed some problems in the area and for a fee we will insure you don’t have problems. If you pay they protect y

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/6/2014, 6:53 PM, JB wrote: I would like to clarify the part about the attack from MacKeeper preventing me from accessing my bank account. I mentioned that I was also taken to MacKeeper instead of the websites I wanted to go to. The attempt to go to other websites was done from my home page

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
I would like to clarify the part about the attack from MacKeeper preventing me from accessing my bank account. I mentioned that I was also taken to MacKeeper instead of the websites I wanted to go to. The attempt to go to other websites was done from my home page which was Google. The attempt to

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread JB
Hi Hugh, Thank you again for the code. When I first mentioned I tested your code I said that for some reason it was causing me problems and I would need to force quit the program, A few days before that I replied to Richmond’s post about spies under his bed. My home page was Google and now it i

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread Alex Shaw
Nice! alex On 6/09/2014 7:44 pm, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: Peter: Thank you for adding column ranges. Mike: Thank you for the column extraction handler. I believe this summarises our efforts to date. It includes column ranges and the ability to either delete or extract columns of data from

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread mikedoub
I agree!    Next... :-)   Original Message   From: Peter M. Brigham Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:25 AM To: How to use LiveCode Reply To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data) That was fun! And useful! -- Peter Peter M

Re: How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread Peter M. Brigham
That was fun! And useful! -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Sep 6, 2014, at 5:44 AM, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: > Peter: Thank you for adding column ranges. > Mike: Thank you for the column extraction handler. > > I believe this summarises our effo

How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

2014-09-06 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
Peter: Thank you for adding column ranges. Mike: Thank you for the column extraction handler. I believe this summarises our efforts to date. It includes column ranges and the ability to either delete or extract columns of data from a table. I accept that optimisation has been compromised in favou

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Yes. You split pData, which will alter the original table, and you don't restore it. Don't reference the parameter. Still great, however!! -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Sep 5, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Michael Doub wrote: > just to complete your library,

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread JB
All 3 of you have posted some fantastic code! Thank you, Hugh, Peter and Mike. I can use it to solve some problems. John Balgenorth On Sep 5, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: > Great! > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > pmb...@gmail.com > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > On S

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Yes. You split pData, which will alter the original table, and you don't restore it. Don't reference the parameter. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Sep 5, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Chris Heidecker wrote: > I think you should not use @pData, just pData shou

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Great and greater! -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Sep 5, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Michael Doub wrote: > just to complete your library, here is a function that will extract the > listed column in the order that you > specify but it does not modify the or

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Great! -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Sep 5, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Michael Doub wrote: > Here is an even more general version: > > function deleteColumns pData,pColsToDelete,pDelim > -- delete specified columns from a table > -- Syntax: deleteColu

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Chris Heidecker
I think you should not use @pData, just pData should be enough. You’re not using it to return the data but are modifying by splitting but not combining the data. regards, Chris Heidecker Op 5 sep. 2014, om 20:37 heeft Michael Doub het volgende geschreven: > just to complete your library, here

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Michael Doub
Opps, I left off the getItem function. Here it is again for completeness: > just to complete your library, here is a function that will extract the > listed columns in the order that you > specify but it does not modify the original data. > > -= Mike > function extractColumns @pData,pColsT

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Michael Doub
just to complete your library, here is a function that will extract the listed column in the order that you specify but it does not modify the original data. -= Mike function extractColumns @pData,pColsToReturn,pDelim -- Extract specified columns from a table in order -- Syntax: extract

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Michael Doub
Here is an even more general version: function deleteColumns pData,pColsToDelete,pDelim -- delete specified columns from a table -- Syntax: deleteColumns ,[,] -- data: Specifies the data to parse. -- cols: A comma separated list of columns or column ranges to be removed, --

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Sorry, left out a crucial line: put empty into pColsToDelete before the repeat. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig -- function deleteColumns pData,pColsToDelete,pDelim -- delete specified columns from a table -- Syntax: deleteColumns ,[,]

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Sep 5, 2014, at 7:59 AM, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: > The routine lets you specify any number of columns to delete. You do not > have to use it on each column. If you have 11 columns, simply specify which > ones you do not want. If you have comma-separated data, you need to specify > the colum

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread Michael Doub
Hugh, I noticed that you did not create this as a function. Can you explain your rational? I am always debating this with myself. Regards, Mike On Sep 5, 2014, at 7:59 AM, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: > Hi John > > The routine lets you specify any number of columns to delete. You do no

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-05 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
Hi John The routine lets you specify any number of columns to delete. You do not have to use it on each column. If you have 11 columns, simply specify which ones you do not want. If you have comma-separated data, you need to specify the columnDelimiter. This includes that option... on mouseUp -

Re: How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-04 Thread JB
That is fast but here are a few problems I am having. It looks to me like you can only delete one column and then you use it again to delete another column. I am getting a list of the detailed files which is a comma separated list of 11 items and I only want to end up with 4 columns. When I use

How To: Delete columns of data

2014-09-02 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
This takes 2ms to remove 4 columns from a 100x100 data table... on mouseUp --| Syntax: deleteColumns , --| data: Specifies the data to parse --| cols: A comma separated list of columns to be removed deleteColumns fld "Input","5,10,15,20" -- Specify what to do with 'the result'...