if you're checking for alpha chars. you can do something like: if (char >= asc(a) && char <= asc(z) || char >= asc(A) && char <= asc(Z)) it'll see if it's an alpha char if you compare it's ascii values Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx aim: st8amnd2005 web: tysdomain.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:02 AM Subject: Re: stringContainsChars
You're gonna need 2 clarify that for me a little, Ty--I'm not sure what you're saying here. On 10/18/07, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hello jacky, why not search on a range of ascii numbers? Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx aim: st8amnd2005 web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:30 AM Subject: Re: stringContainsChars > See, Martin, I have this *major* problem--I'm too bleepin *lazy* to do > all that typing! I do as little scripting/programming as possible due > to that l word also. But sometimes u just gotta, I guess. > > On 10/17/07, Martin Slack <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Your guess is as good as mine Jackie, but don't forget that you could >> probably define some string constants like >> >> Const >> alpha = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" >> >> and use that as the appropriate parameter. >> >> Caveat Emptor, >> >> Martin >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:43 AM >> Subject: Re: stringContainsChars >> >>>> > Thanks, Martin--I actualy figured it out--they sure don't make it >> > easy>> > by letting u search on such things as a-z, etc. I was hoping things >> > could be a bit easier, but,>> > no!!!! Why should *that* happen? &, I agree w/Brian when he said >> > in>> > a later post that FS's docs leave a great deal to be desired. >> > >> > On 10/17/07, Martin Slack <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi Jackie, >> >>>> >> Both parameters are simple strings. Parameter one is the string >> >> to>> >> search, and parameter two is a string containing all the characters >> >> that >> >> you >> >> want to search for. If any one of those characters is in the other >> >> string, >> >> then success is returned. >> >> >> >> hth >> >> >> >> Martin >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:00 PM >> >> Subject: stringContainsChars >> >> >> >> >> >> > Just comin' out real quick 2 ask if any1 knows the syntax of the>> >> > StringContainsChars jaws scripting function--specifically, how >> >> > does>> >> > 1 >> >> > format the list of characters? I read the FSDN but it doesn't >> >> > mention >> >> > that. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Jackie McBride >> >> > Please sign the Yahoo Accessibility petition at: >> >> > <http://www.petitiononline.com/yabvipma/petition.html> >> >> > & Check out my homepage at: >> >> > www.abletec.serverheaven.net >> >> > __________ >> >> > View the list's information and change your settings at >> >> > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> __________ >> >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Jackie McBride >> > Please sign the Yahoo Accessibility petition at: >> > <http://www.petitiononline.com/yabvipma/petition.html> >> > & Check out my homepage at: >> > www.abletec.serverheaven.net >> > __________ >> > View the list's information and change your settings at >> > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >> > >> > >> >> __________ >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >> >> > > > -- > Jackie McBride > Please sign the Yahoo Accessibility petition at: > <http://www.petitiononline.com/yabvipma/petition.html> > & Check out my homepage at: > www.abletec.serverheaven.net > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: > 10/18/2007 9:54 AM > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind-- Jackie McBride Please sign the Yahoo Accessibility petition at: <http://www.petitiononline.com/yabvipma/petition.html> & Check out my homepage at: www.abletec.serverheaven.net __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 9:54 AM
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