use-livecode Digest, Vol 225, Issue 4

[Craig Newman]

Though it is true that “numToChar” and “charToNum” are deprecated, they still live and work the same as always.

Old habits die hard, andI still use them.  One day I will move on., but the original issue has not changed.

Craig

> On Jun 7, 2022, at 9:01 AM, Jean-Jacques Wagner via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> Sorry, I ment  the number of words.
> 
> Since numtochar has been depreciated with version 7.0, the closest would be now  numtonativechar. 
> However with numtonativechar () for the words boundaries the following chars number “09,10,11,12,13,32,202” are used.
> 
> Therefore a feature has been depreciated with introduction of version 7.0, it is a long time ago. Originally it was not so,
> eg. (“numtochar(32)&numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) was a word, which was not visible on the screen, but visible for
> the script. Now it makes very little sense to use the special char 202 instead of numtochar(32).
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Jean-Jacques Wagner.
> 
> 
>> Hypercard and livecode 6.7:  the number of chars (numtochar(32)&
>> Hypercard and livecode 6.7:  the number of chars (numtochar(32)&
> 
> 
>> Hypercard and livecode 6.7:  the number of chars (numtochar(32)&
>> numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 2
> 
> 
>> Hypercard and livecode 6.7:  the number of chars (numtochar(32)&
>> numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 2
>> livecode 9.67                      :   the number of chars (numtonativer(32)&
>> numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 0
> 
> 
>> Version 6.7    word boudary are char number 09,10,11,12,13,32
>> version 9.67  word boudary are char number 09,10,11,12,13,32,202
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 04.06.2022 um 18:00 schrieb use-livecode-request at lists.runrev.com:
>> 
>> Jean-Jacques
>> 
>> In 9.6.8
>> 
>> the number of chars of (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 5
>> 
>> As it should be.
>> 
>> Did you mean the number of words?
>> 
>> But then 
>> 
>> the number of words of (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 0 (in 9.6.8)
>> 
>> As it should be.
>> 
>> Char 202 is unicode for an invisible char marking a paragraph end I believe, I think rarely used until recently. It has been turning up in web sites causing difficulty for old parsers.
>> 
>> 
>> Neville
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hypercard and livecode 6.7:  the number of chars (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 2
>>> livecode 9.67                      :   the number of chars (numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)& numtochar(202)&numtochar(32)) = 0
>>> 
>>> Is it a change or a bug considering now numtochar(202) as word boundary, as it is with numtochar(32)
>>> 
>> 
> 
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