the char number of char 1 of word x

[Jonathan Cooper]

Hi Randall, forgive me for butting in at this late stage.

Your original description of what you wanted was:

> How do I get the char count (number) of the first char of a
> particular word (say "word 4") of a string?

I think most people would probably interpret "character count" as "the
number of characters", which of course doesn't make sense when applied
to a single character ("the first character of..."). And I'm sure
that's not what you meant anyway. What I _think_ you meant (correct me
if I'm wrong) was:

"How do I get the number of characters from the START of a string to
the first character of a particular word of that string?"

This can be translated into Rev's xTalk as:

  get (the length of word 1 to wordNumber-1 of myString) + 2

(The +2 is for the space after word wordNumber-1 plus the first
character of word wordNumber.)

Yes, the following would be easier to read (and slightly shorter):

  get the characterNumber of word n of myString

... but I'm not sure how many people would find it useful enough to
warrant the extra development work on the xTalk parser. (= a business
decision for RunRev)

The "confusion on the list" wasn't because you were trying to describe
something that doesn't exist. It was because your description was
ambiguous.


On Jan 1, 2008 9:27 AM, Randall Lee Reetz <randall at randallreetz.com> wrote:
> Wait a min bill.  There was confusion on this list because i was trying to describe something that doesnt exist... If it existed there would be a standard, and unique way to script it (not confusing to humans or the interpreter).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Bill Marriott" <wjm at wjm.org>
>
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> [snip]
>
> The difficulty was understanding what you wanted in the first place. I think
> you received seven different interpretations of your original request!
> Imagine how a computer would struggle with this.
>
> [snip]