request for string functions
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texte = (Brian) >Some examples of email addresses that it stopped on: > ESTUCIA@.IX.NETCOM.COM > GARJ 5409@aol.com > bdunn@ewu > aol.pizzagarib.comAt this point I want to line out once more: To reduce errors in mail addresses it is required to check the user input as accurate as possible. Please, we really nee more sophisticated string functions in WebCat to check user input like email address more easy.A suggestion - with the following additional functions WebCat could handle nearly all situations: ---------- [FINDSTRING source=[MyString]&find=hello] -> number returns the starting position of hello in the variable [MyString] ---------- [INSERTSTRING source=[MyString]&insert=hello&start=15] Inserts hello into the variable [MyString] at position 15 ---------- [DELETESTRING source=[MyString]&start=15&end=20] deletes characters 15 to 20 from variable [MyString] ---------- [REPLACESTRING source=[MyString]&oldstring=hello&newstring=welcome] replaces all occurences of hello with welcome it should be possible to set newstring to (= nothing) ----------Peter__________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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(Brian) >Some examples of email addresses that it stopped on: > ESTUCIA@.IX.NETCOM.COM > GARJ 5409@aol.com > bdunn@ewu > aol.pizzagarib.comAt this point I want to line out once more: To reduce errors in mail addresses it is required to check the user input as accurate as possible. Please, we really nee more sophisticated string functions in WebCat to check user input like email address more easy.A suggestion - with the following additional functions WebCat could handle nearly all situations: ---------- [FINDSTRING source=[MyString]&find=hello] -> number returns the starting position of hello in the variable [MyString] ---------- [INSERTSTRING source=[MyString]&insert=hello&start=15] Inserts hello into the variable [MyString] at position 15 ---------- [DELETESTRING source=[MyString]&start=15&end=20] deletes characters 15 to 20 from variable [MyString] ---------- [REPLACESTRING source=[MyString]&oldstring=hello&newstring=welcome] replaces all occurences of hello with welcome it should be possible to set newstring to (= nothing) ----------Peter__________________________________________ Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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