Find string "xxx" in field yyy OF THIS CARD

[Bob Sneidar]

You have no doubt heard this before, but it sounds like you need to re-engineer this using SQL. 

Bob Sneidar
IT Manager
Calvary Chapel CM
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On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:39, Francis Nugent Dixon <effendi at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Hi from beautiful Brittany,
> 
> Thanks to all for suggestions. I finished up by trying my own
> workaround.
> 
> BUT, I don't know why the syntax "of this card" and
> "of card xx" is accepted in the find command, but doesn't work.
> 
> Would that be a real bug ?
> 
> Secondly, the string I am looking for is in practically
> every record of my stack, and I treat the cards one at
> a time. I'm doing some complex (painful) syntax analysis
> on tons of data in text files, to create a stack of cards.
> 
> So I look for various character strings with a value after them.
> 
> Thirdly, when I have "found" the strings, I use the "foundChunk"
> command to set the strings to "empty" (i.e. remove them completely).
> This aids the continuation of my data analysis. I need this command.
> 
> So I have solved the problem by using the "offset" command, and
> using the result + the length of the offset string to build a
> "findChunk" string "char xx to yy of field zzz" and then I have
> the ammunition to zap the field.
> 
> I had many of these "find string" commands for many different
> values, and wanted the minimum of change to my scripts
> (written over many days) so that my scripts would work.
> 
> Yes ! (Sigh) - I tried solving this with a function, but it had
> so many facets, that I finally resolved the problems inline.
> 
> So I replaced the following multiple instances of commands:
> 
>     find string "xxx" in field yyy of this card
>     if the result = "not found" then exit mouseUp
>     put the foundchunk into SaveChunk
>     -- Do stuff with the data
>     do "put empty into " & SaveChunk
> 
> with four other commands :
> 
>     put offSet("xxx",field yyy) into HoldStart
>     if HoldStart = 0 then exit mouseUp
>     put the length of "xxx" into HoldStop
>     put "char " & HoldStart & " to " & HoldStop & " of field zzz" into SaveChunk
>     do "put empty into " & SaveChunk
> 
> Minimum Modification - maximum satisfaction !
> 
> But I'm sure lots of you guys can better my ineficient code !
> 
> -Francis
> 
> 
> 
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