Re: Replacing characters in a string
Re: Replacing characters in a string
- Subject: Re: Replacing characters in a string
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:40:54 -0800
On 11/11/00 2:07 PM, Matthew Fischer <email@hidden> wrote:
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How would I change this:
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repeat with i from ((length of file_name) - 10) to length of file_name
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if character i of file_name is not ":" then
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set new_file_name to new_file_name & character i of file_name
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end if
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end repeat
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To check for multiple characters, instead of just the colon? What I really
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want to do is make sure the character is not a colon, a space or an
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ampersand.
set testArray to {":", "&", " "}
repeat with i from ((length of file_name) - 10) to length of file_name
if character i of file_name is not in testArray then
set new_file_name to new_file_name & character i of file_name
end if
end repeat
--Michelle
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