Determine last character of a variable

Discussion:

Warren Kuhl

2009-08-26 17:41:03 UTC

This is probably a very stupid question..

I am trying to extract a substring from a variable and am unsure how to
determine the last character...

I tried...
put char 1 to last character of tdata into tsubstring
...but this fails.

Thanks for any help!
Warren

stephen barncard

2009-08-26 17:43:32 UTC

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put char 1 to -1 of tdata into tsubstring

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Stephen Barncard
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Post by Warren Kuhl
This is probably a very stupid question..
I am trying to extract a substring from a variable and am unsure how to
determine the last character...
I tried...
put char 1 to last character of tdata into tsubstring
...but this fails.
Thanks for any help!
Warren
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Phil Davis

2009-08-26 17:44:25 UTC

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Try "char 1 to -1 of tdata".

char -1 is the last char
char -2 is the next-to-last char
and so on.

Phil Davis

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Warren Kuhl

2009-08-26 17:46:59 UTC

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Phil/Stephen,

Thanks for your help! I never understood what the -1 meant when dealing
with characters.

Appreciate your quick responses!
Warren

Post by Phil Davis
Try "char 1 to -1 of tdata".
char -1 is the last char
char -2 is the next-to-last char
and so on.
Phil Davis

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stephen barncard

2009-08-26 17:49:57 UTC

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Also good for whitespace removal in some cases...

put word 1 to -1 of whatever into tOutput

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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://barncard.com

Post by Warren Kuhl
Phil/Stephen,
Thanks for your help! I never understood what the -1 meant when dealing
with characters.
Appreciate your quick responses!
Warren

Post by Phil Davis
Try "char 1 to -1 of tdata".
char -1 is the last char
char -2 is the next-to-last char
and so on.
Phil Davis

Post by Warren Kuhl
This is probably a very stupid question..
I am trying to extract a substring from a variable and am unsure how to
determine the last character...
I tried...
put char 1 to last character of tdata into tsubstring
...but this fails.
Thanks for any help!
Warren
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Phil Davis

2009-08-26 17:53:29 UTC

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In my book, Rev's "chunking" capabilities are the 8th wonder of the
modern world! Their usefulness defies description.

Phil Davis

Post by stephen barncard
Also good for whitespace removal in some cases...
put word 1 to -1 of whatever into tOutput
-------------------------
Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://barncard.com

Post by Warren Kuhl
Phil/Stephen,
Thanks for your help! I never understood what the -1 meant when dealing
with characters.
Appreciate your quick responses!
Warren

Post by Phil Davis
Try "char 1 to -1 of tdata".
char -1 is the last char
char -2 is the next-to-last char
and so on.
Phil Davis

Post by Warren Kuhl
This is probably a very stupid question..
I am trying to extract a substring from a variable and am unsure how to
determine the last character...
I tried...
put char 1 to last character of tdata into tsubstring
...but this fails.
Thanks for any help!
Warren
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2009-08-26 19:43:51 UTC

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As Phil said, chunking is way cool, and might be what sets our favorite
programming languages apart from all the others. HC had it because it did not
support arrays and data structures. Chunking was an answer to that
deficiency.

You should make sure you understand that the construction you wanted must
have the form:

char starNumber to endNumber... (like char 1 to 8)

You had a start number, but then had an end character. (like char 1 to w)

Craig Newman

Post by Warren Kuhl
I tried...
put char 1 to last character of tdata into tsubstring
...but this fails.