On my phone so verify this. Shouldn’t you be using codepointoffset(),not offset()?
Kee Nethery > On Jan 13, 2019, at 1:34 PM, Richmond via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Cop a look at this: > > *http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32030* > >> On 13.01.19 22:17, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> The recent conversations on using offset() with Unicode strings was very >> enlightening, thanks to all that took part!. >> >> I have data stored in UTF8mb4. I use textDecode after loading it from the DB >> to put it into a format that LC understands. I then use offset() to find >> certain tags, text, etc. to work with. However, if there are emoji in that >> string, the offset() function hard crashes with a out of range error. >> >> Due to the troubles offset(), I’m looking for a way to remove the emojis >> before I have to use the offset function. >> >> Short of compiling a list of emoji and the decimal equivalent, does anyone >> have a way to do this in LC? >> >> My offset code has been rock solid, except for these rare instances were >> there are emoji in the text and I am not really looking to change it if I >> don’t have to, preferring to just remove the emoji if possible. >> >> TIA, >> >> Steve MacLean >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
