Re: Xpress offset of tab giving an unexpected result.
Re: Xpress offset of tab giving an unexpected result.
- Subject: Re: Xpress offset of tab giving an unexpected result.
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 21:00:34 +1000
On 8/5/02 8:40 PM +1000, email@hidden, email@hidden,
wrote:
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I have a text box in Xpress. It contains (for example):
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abcd<tab>abcd<tab>abcd<tab>abcd<return>
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set bnTab to (offset of every character where it is "\t") as list
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In the above example, this returns {{0},{4},{9},{14},{19}}
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Which is wrong, to me, in three ways
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1. Item 0 doesn't exist
Quark works on the basis that character 1 has an offset of 0 from the start
of the story.
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2. It's a list of lists
Remove your redundant as list (you'll then have to check the class to make
sure it's a list, and coerce it then of necessary.)
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3. It's a character out.
See ablve.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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