Re: offset with spaces confusion
Re: offset with spaces confusion
- Subject: Re: offset with spaces confusion
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 16:36:23 +0100
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> ignoring white space
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> "abc" is in "a b c d"
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> -->true
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> I get the answer I expected. So why don't I get the answer I expect with
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> offset:
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> ignoring white space
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> offset of "c" in "a b c d"
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> -->8
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I'm not sure what answer you want. 4?
Er, no. 3. 'c' is the third letter ignoring white space.
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> I assume this means offset ignores the ignoring statement. Is there a
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> logical reason or is this a bug?
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While I'm not sure about the usefulness of finding an offset while
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ignoring whitespace
It cropped up this morning. I am working on a script that creates price
lists. In one bit of fiddling, if the word "New" appears in the
description, then I have to change the colour of it. Simple, but some of
the product styles include "Newark", "Newport" and "Newton" to name a few.
Which all contain "New" and produce the wrong effect. Because the word
"New" can appear anywhere, I can't look for "<space>new<space>" so I was
looking in to other ways of doing it. That's when I noticed this.
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