That works really good too! thank you, John Balgenorth
On Aug 24, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Peter M. Brigham <pmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > function zapAtEndOfLine tStr, tContainer > put cr after tContainer > replace tStr & cr with cr in tContainer > return char 1 to -2 of tContainer > end zapAtEndOfLine > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > pmb...@gmail.com > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > On Aug 24, 2014, at 11:12 AM, JB wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> I am saying if I have “ABC” in one string and the other string >> has “KCFAJFCABC” then I want to delete the “ABC” from >> the end of the second string leaving “KCFAJFC”. >> >> John Balgenorth >> >> >> On Aug 24, 2014, at 8:09 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> >>> Are you saying that if you have "ABCD" and somewhere else you have: >>> "AXFRZC" that you want to delete the "C" from the first string? >>> >>> >>> Whatever you want, the chunking and text control within LC is more than >>> adequate to do the job, and will be fun do execute as well. But is this >>> what you meant? >>> >>> >>> Craig Newman >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: JB <sund...@pacifier.com> >>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >>> Sent: Sun, Aug 24, 2014 10:16 am >>> Subject: delete end chars >>> >>> >>> If I have a certain amount of characters >>> and I want to check the end of another >>> line of characters to see if they are there >>> and if so then delete them what is the >>> fastest way to do delete the characters >>> at the end of the specified line? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
