Missing chunk scripting issue

[Ben Rubinstein]

on 19/12/04 12:09 am, Barry Levine wrote

> put char (theLast - 3) to char (theLast) of line 1 of field "result"
[snip]
> Obviously I've got some kind of syntax problem with how I'm defining the
> range. Anyone care to suggest a solution?

The actual syntax error here is that you only specify the chunk (in this
case char) once, whether you're selecting a single chunk or a range.  So
instead of
  put char (theLast - 3) to char (theLast) of line 1 of field "result"

you want
  put char (theLast - 3) to (theLast) of line 1 of field "result"

But as Richard points out, in Transcript unlike HyperTalk you can in any
case count from the end of a range using negative numbers, hence

 put char -4 to -1 of line 1 of field "result"

would also get you what you want, with no need to first ask the length.
 
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