testing on case

Hershel Fisch hershrev at realtorsgroup.us
Thu Dec 9 13:46:58 EST 2004


On Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at 04:46 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

>
> On Dec 8, 2004, at 2:09 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I think its a bit to much when I wanted it to set up query's 
>> , too many functions involved. I hoped that there is a
>> if param(x) "is upperCase" then put xxx  else put x
>
> I don't understand why a function won't work.
>
> Here is a simpler function that you can apply to just a word:
>
> function isUpperCase w
>   constant capitalLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
>   set the caseSensitive to true
>   return char 1 of w is in capitalLetters
> end isCapitalized
>
> if isUpperCase( param(x) ) then put xxx else put x
This looks to be much faster and smoother.
>
>
> If you must avoid a function (sniff, I like functions), then consider 
> this:
>
> if matchText( param(x), "^[A-Z]") then put xxx else put x
I don't get it
Thanks a mill.
Hershel
>
> Dar
>
>
> ****************************************
>     Dar Scott Consulting
>     http://www.swcp.com/dsc/
>     Programming Services
> ****************************************
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>



More information about the use-livecode mailing list