The problem here is that even though you use the for each form, you are still using chunking (line x of field y) to do your checks.
I don't know if there is a way to put the formatted text into a variable in such a way that when you use "for each" you can check the formattedwidth of tLine Since you're cycling through every line, with your current method, using "with i = 1 to the number of lines..." would work just as well and obviate the need for a self run counter. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Dan Friedman <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings! I am trying to set the tabStops to fit the data a field. The > script below works great! However, ask it to process a few thousand lines > with 10 or so columns, and you'll have time to get a cup of coffee! Any > ideas on how to speed this up? Maybe there is some magical property I > don't about? > > Thanks in advance, > -Dan > > > on formatData > set the itemDel to tab > put "" into theTabs > > put 0 into l > repeat for each line tLine in fld "myField" > add 1 to l > put 0 into i > repeat for each item tItem in tLine > add 1 to i > if the formattedWidth of item i of line l of fld "myField" > item i > of theTabs then > put the formattedWidth of item i of line l of fld "myField" into > item i of theTabs > end if > end repeat > end repeat > > put "" into fTabs > put 0 into i > put 0 into tTotal > repeat for each item tItem in theTabs > add 1 to i > add tItem+20 to tTotal > put tTotal into item i of fTabs > end repeat > > replace tab with "," in fTabs > > set the tabStops of fld "myField" to fTabs > end formatData > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
