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Re: Trim space chars from start of line
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Re: Trim space chars from start of line


  • Subject: Re: Trim space chars from start of line
  • From: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:12:59 -0500

On Jul 25, 2011, at 16:04:17, email@hidden wrote:

> Nice catch.  Here's the fix:
>
> on TrimSpacesFromStartOfLine(myText)
> 	if length of myText > 1 then
> 		repeat while length of myText > 1
> 			if character 1 of myText is " " then
> 				set myText to text 2 through end of myText
> 			else
> 				return myText
> 				exit repeat
> 			end if
> 		end repeat
> 	end if
> end TrimSpacesFromStartOfLine

Just wanted to point out a couple things. This will fail if the string is 1 char long. The "exit repeat" is unnecessary because the return forces an exit.

--
Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek

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