Repeat loop index
Dar Scott
dsc at swcp.com
Mon Jul 14 19:15:01 EDT 2003
On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 05:58 PM, Mark Brownell wrote:
> This:
>
> put 1 into ic
> put 1 into ix
> repeat while ic <= textCryptLength
> put char ix to (ix + 3) of cryptThisText into strXL
> put char (ix + 4) to (ix + 7) of cryptThisText into strXL
>
> might works as:
>
> repeat for each char tMychunk of cryptThisText step 8
> put char 1 to 4 of tMychunk into strXL
> put char 5 to 8 of tMychunk into strXR
If that does anything, I'd doubt it will chunk more than one char at a
time. Try a small test.
And the good news is that you don't need it.
The counting from the front (or back) does not apply to char, only to
other chunks. Char chunking is fast and direct.
Dar
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