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Re: cutting multiple sections from a string?
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Re: cutting multiple sections from a string?


  • Subject: Re: cutting multiple sections from a string?
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:49:14 +1000

On 03/09/2013, at 2:33 PM, Alex Hall <email@hidden> wrote:

> I need a way to remove chunks from a string given the string and the sets of numbers, like {{1,3}, {8,16}}.

on removeChunks_inString_(rangeList, theString)
	set rangeList to reverse of rangeList
	repeat with aRange in rangeList
		if item 1 of aRange = 1 then
			set theString to text ((item 2 of aRange) + 1) thru -1 of theString
		else if item 2 of aRange = (length of theString) then
			set theString to text 1 thru ((item 1 of aRange) - 1) of theString
		else
			set theString to text 1 thru ((item 1 of aRange) - 1) of theString & text ((item 2 of aRange) + 1) thru -1 of theString
		end if
	end repeat
end removeChunks_inString_

removeChunks_inString_({{1, 3}, {8, 16}}, "I need a way to remove chunks from a string given the string and the sets of numbers")

It needs error checking, basically that item 2 of aRange is no greater than the string's length.


> Any suggestions will be great

AppleScript isn't javascript or any other language, and if you keep trying to emulate them, you're just making a rod for your back.

Why use strings for if statements? Sounds like a severe case of masochism to me...


--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>


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