Re: Detecting the minus sign in a string
Re: Detecting the minus sign in a string
- Subject: Re: Detecting the minus sign in a string
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:36:06 -0500
Well, specifically, I'm trying to see if the minus sign is the second word from the end of a string.
On Jun 23, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Alex Zavatone wrote:
>
>> I just found out that if you have a string with a minus sign in it, that the minus sign can not be a word.
>>
>> The string,
>> "This is my - string"
>>
>> simply ignores the minus sign as a word.
>>
>> Any ideas on how to detect the minus sign? Offset maybe?
>
> What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If all you want to know whether a minus sign is in the string, either of these will do it:
>
> "-" is in "This is my - string"
> "This is my - string" contains "-"
>
> If you're trying to do something else, please let us know exactly what you're trying to do.
>
> -- Michelle
>
> --
> Sex is a lot like bridge. If you don't have a good partner, then you'd better have a good hand.
>
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