Jeff, Thanks for the suggestions! I will use the replacetext and compare the speed with the loop and see which is quicker.
Much appreciated! Warren On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jeff Massung <mass...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Warren Kuhl <warrenk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > What would be the most efficient way to check a variable and replace any > of > > the characters with empty if the character is not a alpha (upper or > lower), > > numeric (0-9) or a '-'? > > > > The only way I can think of doing this is a repeat loop and checking the > > value of each character and replacing with empty if not alpha, numeric or > > '-'. > > > > Any other suggestions for more efficient code? > > > > > Well, it depends on what your definition of "efficient" is. If you want a > 1-liner: > > put replaceText(tSource, "[^A-Za-z0-9\-]+", empty) into tDest > > That's using regular expression. But that might be a lot less performance > (speed-wise) than doing it yourself in a loop: > > repeat for each char c in tSource > if c is in "abcdef...WXYZ0123456789-" then > put c after tDest > end if > end repeat > > HTH, > > Jeff M. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
