Stripping Returns

[JB]

I knew there were limits for variables and if I am
correct they are the same as field limits.  I was
not aware custom properties have no limits. It
looks like reading in chunks is the way to go.
Thank you.

John Balgenorth


On Nov 19, 2014, at 7:41 AM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:

> You only need to worry about that if you are loading all that data in a field. You might store it in a custom property, for example, and never know there was an issue at all. By the way, that might be useful for you, paging data in usable chunks as needed.
> 
> 
> But it would be a helpful hint, I guess. Or learn the hard way, like you did. That is what I do. At least that method sticks, until I forget it, that is.
> 
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JB <sundown at pacifier.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 5:48 am
> Subject: Re: Stripping Returns
> 
> 
> Thank you.  The logic is simple enough.
> Even so it should be noted in the read
> file that reading to the end of a file will
> fail to provide you the info if the file has
> more than 65,535 characters.
> 
> John Balgenorth
> 
> 
> On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:35 PM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> Hi.
>> 
>> 
>> Did you try this? Simple to do in a little test card. The chars beyond 65535 
> will be lost. Do you see what the likely answer to your second question is? Note 
> that reading from a file does not anticipate what you will do with the data. 
> Variables have no limits, within memory, of course, but what you do with that 
> data may hit a wall.
>> 
>> 
>> Craig Newman
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: JB <sundown at pacifier.com>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Nov 18, 2014 9:48 pm
>> Subject: Stripping Returns
>> 
>> 
>> A field has a limit on the amount of characters
>> you can have on each line.  What if I put the
>> text of a field in a variable and it has 500,000
>> characters.  Then I strip all of the returns that
>> are in the field.  Does that leave only one line
>> with 500,000 characters?  That exceeds the
>> amount of characters allowed per line so what
>> happens to the text in the variable?
>> 
>> Another similar question is what happens if I am
>> reading a file until the end and it is very large.  Will
>> returns be automatically placed if needed so the line
>> limit got characters is not exceeded or do I need to
>> read large files in sections that are less than the line
>> limit for characters?
>> 
>> John Balgenorth
>> 
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