Very clever, Mike. I never thought to use itemDelimiter this way. I’ll have to play with this.
Thanks very much, Roger > On May 23, 2024, at 7:37 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > just spitballing: > let's call our containers "tSearchingFor" and "tSearchString" > > *set* the itemDelimiter to comma & tSearchString & comma > > *put* the number of items in tSearchingFor - 1 into tNum > > *if* tSearchString begins with tSearchingFor & comma *then* *add* 1 to tNum > > *if* tSearchString ends with comma & tSearchingFor *then* *add* 1 to tNum > > On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 10:08 PM Roger Guay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> Please, what’s the easiest way to return the total number of a given >> repeated number in a list of numbers? IOW, how many times is 2 repeated in >> a list containing 1,2,3,2,4,2,5,2,8 etc. Appreciate your help. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Roger >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > 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
