Use repeat with i - 1 to the number of characters of myString step 3 Bob S
On Sep 27, 2014, at 24:23 , JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > Another thing to consider is the characters are > not in any specific crder. It could be cfacded or > anything else. > > If is use a repeat for each char and the variable > as a counter that resets every three times then > I only need to make one pass through to make > the changes. But there might be a faster way. > > John Balgenorth > > > On Sep 26, 2014, at 11:31 PM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Kay! >> >> The problem is there are no delimiters. It >> is a string of only chars A to F and there >> are no spaces etc. >> >> John Balgenorth >> >> >> On Sep 26, 2014, at 11:19 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Assuming tBigList contains your data and it is a tab separated list. >>> >>> set the itemDelimiter to tab >>> repeat for each item tSearchThis in tBigList >>> if (char 3 of tSearchThis = "D") then >>> put "+" into char 3 of tSearchThis >>> end if >>> put tSearchThis & tab after tNewList >>> end repeat >>> --remove the trailing tab >>> put word 1 to -1 of tNewList into tNewList >>> set the itemDelimiter to comma >>> >>> tNewList should now be your corrected list >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 12:26 PM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: >>>> I want to replace every third character in >>>> a text string if it is a certain character. So >>>> lets say I have a list of characters there >>>> range from A thru F and the list is possibly >>>> 10,000 characters long. >>>> >>>> I want to check every third character in the >>>> list and if it is a D then I want to change it >>>> to a +. >>>> >>>> I can probably do it with a repeat and use a >>>> variable for a counter that resets every three >>>> times and then check the character when the >>>> counter gets to three but I was wondering if it >>>> could be done faster somehow. >>>> >>>> John Balgenorth >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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
