The code I posted is not accurate. For one thing it should have been put 71 into i because the return will make the 72 char in the line. Another problem is it does not end with the last line being 72 chars or less. Anyway this is a start to the fix.
John Balgenorth On Sep 28, 2014, at 3:44 PM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > Hi Dick, > > I found the char was getting off by 1 each line > because of the EOL returns. Here is a regex > to strip the EOL returns. > > put replacetext(theData,"[\0\cM\r\f\n]","") into theData > > and then here is some code to put the EOL returns back. > > put theData into tString > --put fld id 1022 into tString > put number of chars in tString into tChars > put tChars / 72 into tLineNums > put the round of tLineNums into tLineNums > put 72 into i > repeat for tLineNums times > put return after char i of tString > add 72 to i > end repeat > put tString into fld id 1022 > end if > > I am sure this code can be improved but it > does work. Of course the variables need to > be renamed to work with the code you have > posted. > > Thanks again, it is a great help. > > John Balgenorth > > > On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:49 AM, Dick Kriesel <dick.krie...@mail.com> wrote: > >> On Sep 27, 2014, at 12:23 AM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: >> >>> But there might be a faster way. >> >> Hi, John. >> >> Here's a way that works in under a millisecond on my iMac, and a way to test >> its speed. >> >> command replace_maybe @rString >> repeat with i = 3 to length( rString ) step 3 >> if char i of rString is "D" then >> put "+" into char i of rString >> end if >> end repeat >> end replace_maybe >> >> on mouseUp >> local tString, tMilliseconds >> repeat 1000 -- strings >> put empty into tString >> repeat 10000 -- characters >> put any char of "abcdef" after tString >> end repeat >> subtract the long milliseconds from tMilliseconds >> replace_maybe tString >> add the long milliseconds to tMilliseconds >> end repeat >> answer "milliseconds per string:" && tMilliseconds / 1000 >> end mouseUp >> >> How's that, John? >> >> -- Dick >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
