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Re: Replacing characters in a string
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Re: Replacing characters in a string


  • Subject: Re: Replacing characters in a string
  • From: Allen Watson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 09:54:18 -0800

On or near 11/11/00 2:07 PM, Matthew Fischer at email@hidden
observed:

> How would I change this:
>
> repeat with i from ((length of file_name) - 10) to length of file_name
> if character i of file_name is not ":" then
> set new_file_name to new_file_name & character i of file_name
> end if
> end repeat
>
> To check for multiple characters, instead of just the colon? What I really
> want to do is make sure the character is not a colon, a space or an ampersand.
>

If character i of file_name is not in ": &" then

--
Peace be with you!
Allen <email@hidden> XNS Name: =Allen Watson
My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/>


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 >Replacing characters in a string (From: Matthew Fischer <email@hidden>)

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