Another possible approach is: put fld 1 into tTemp put empty into tResult repeat for each line tLine in tTemp delete char offset(space,tLine) of tLine put tLine & cr after tResult end repeat delete char -1 of tResult >> tResult has your data
Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. On May 25, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Jim Ault <jimaultw...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Debugging hint when working with 'tab' > Save time and agro by... > > using "M" so that it is easy to see the replacements and extras. > so try this > > put tab into T > put "M" into T --for debugging > > put fld 1 into tempp > repeat for each line LNN in tempp > put word 1 to -1 of LNN into cleanLine --trim > put word 1 of cleanLine & T & word 2 to -1 of cleanLine & cr after > newList > end repeat > ;put newList > --filter newList without T --in case there should be empty lines > put 0 into prevNum > repeat until the number of chars in newList is prevNum > put the number of chars in newList into prevNum > replace (cr & T & cr) with ( cr & cr) in newList > end repeat > ;put newList > filter newList without empty > ;put newList > > > Jim Ault > Las Vegas > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
