[jawsscripts] Re: string segment
- From: "The dark Count" <darkcount1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:51:27 -0800
Thanks Doug.
Ms1 is the last line of incoming text in a chat client.
The first part of the line has a user name and it ends with a grader than sign.
there is a space after, then the rest of the line contains the message itself.
So a line may look like so:
Doug> http://www.jfw.com
I want to get rid of doug, and the leading space and keep only the message part
to be used
else where.
Ty for your help.
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Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: string segment
Date: 17 Nov 2009
What is the exact value of ms1 when the script is called?
You're asking for the third segment of ms1, as delimited by ">"; but
unless I missed something, there is no ">" symbol in ms1. That would
indeed give you nothing for the third segment.
Another possibility, depending on the value of ms1 of course, is that
there are ">" symbols right next to each other. stringSegment("a>>b",
">", i) will return "a" for i=1, "" for i=2 , and "b" for i=3.
If you are using a string more than one character long for argument 2
of stringSegment, note that it is a set of alternative delimiters, not
a single delimiter more than one character long.
stringSegment("a<<b>c", "<>", i) will return "a" for i=1, "" for i=2,
"b" for i=3, and "c" for i=4.
Finally, consider whether your goal is really to get a segment or just
to chop off the beginning of a string. The difference is in what
should happen if your delimiter occurs again later in the string. If
you have the string "WT>This only works if a >= 5" and you just want to
remove the "WT>", you can't safely use stringSegment, or you'll
probably get "This only works if a " and lose the end. In a case like
that, you have to use combinations of stringContains and the
stringChopLeft/Right and other such manipulation functions to get what
you want.
Hth.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:58:56AM -0800, The dark Count wrote:
Hello all.
I am working with an app here that I need for it to give me the last part of a
string segment.
I am grabbing the line in question and calling ms1.
I am using the string segment to delimit it and give me only the segment aftert
the delimiters.
When I say it, or spell it, that return that is, it works fine except if there
are periods or slashes.
I have not tested with other punctuation, but am wondering if this has to do
with any changes
that you may know about.
So if the message ms1 is "hello world" I get that, But if it is
"http://www.whatever.com"; it
returns nothing.
Here is the code.
;global var ms1 is obtained from new text event
Script LastMessage ()
var
string ding
let ding = StringSegment (ms1, ">", 3)
let ding = StringTrimLeadingBlanks (ding)
CopyToClipboard (ding)
;Say (ms1, ot_buffer, 0)
Say (ding, ot_buffer, 0)
SpellString (ding)
EndScript
The segment delimiter is >, and there is a blank space left to chop off.
Tia.
D c
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