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Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
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Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable


  • Subject: Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
  • From: Dave Balderstone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:07:42 -0600


On 3-Jan-06, at 4:57 PM, Matt Deatherage wrote:

On 1/3/06 at 2:43 PM, Dave Balderstone <email@hidden>
wrote:

set mynewimagename to characters 4 through -1 of myimage

Point of order: on every system I tried, this sets mynewimagename to a *list* of every character intended. You have to coerce it to make it work

That's what happens when I type from memory on a busy afternoon.

Three characters missing (not counting two spaces) from my post:

set mynewimagename to "" & characters 4 through -1 of myimage



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