Peter, Thanks. Very interesting.
A couple of questions. Is "lineoffsets" a custom function or a typo? And what is the "sr" function? Thanks again, Jim Hurley On Feb 15, 2011, at 10:00 AM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > function getMileage > put "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/xml?"; & \ > "origin=<tOrig>&destination=<tDest>&sensor=false" into tURL > put fld "from" into tStart > put fld "to" into tEnd > replace "<tOrig>" with urlEncode(tStart) in tURL > replace "<tDest>" with urlEncode(tEnd) in tURL > put URL tURL into t > put lineoffsets("<distance>",t) into startSect > put item -1 of startSect into startSect > put lineoffsets("</distance>",t) into endSect > put item -1 of endSect into endSect > if startSect = 0 or endSect = 0 then > beep > exit to top > end if > put line startSect+1 to endSect-1 of t into tSect > put lineoffset("<text>",tSect) into dLine > if dLine = 0 then > beep > exit to top > end if > put sr(line startSect + dLine of t) into tMiles > -- <text>3.6 mi</text> > replace "<text>" with empty in tMiles > delete word -1 of tMiles > return tMiles > end getMileage _______________________________________________ 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
