Re: [trim]?!
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Someone posted a great piece of code to strip all sorts of crap from a string... it's in the archives. -Dan On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:00:00 -0600 Gary Krockover
wrote: >Sure: > >[grep search= $&replace=][YOUR_VAR][/grep] > >But I agree, a Trim would be nice, as in PHP: > >string trim ( string str [, string charlist]) > >Note: The optional charlist parameter was added in PHP 4.1.0 > >This function returns a string with whitespace stripped from the beginning and end of str . >Without the second parameter, trim() will strip these characters: > >" " (ASCII 32 (0x20)), an ordinary space. > >"\t" (ASCII 9 (0x09)), a tab. > >"\n" (ASCII 10 (0x0A)), a new line (line feed). > >"\r" (ASCII 13 (0x0D)), a carriage return. > >"\0" (ASCII 0 (0x00)), the NUL-byte. > >"\x0B" (ASCII 11 (0x0B)), a vertical tab. > >You can also specify the characters you want to strip, by means of the charlist parameter. Simply >list all characters that you want to be stripped. With .. you can specify a range of characters. > >Then there's ltrim() and rtrim(). > >I guess one could be constructive and use a combo of the convertchars db and grep.... > > >GK > >At 07:45 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote: > > >>is there such a thing? i have this client that wanted to use user's real >>name to authenticate themselves when they subscribe but every week at >>least one new subscriber will call to ask why he can not log on. 99% of >>the time is because they've put an extra white space after their name. >>is there [trim] command? and if not - why not? >>i can just replace spaces but sometimes 'Mary Jo' will show up as a >>first name. the only solution is, i think, a loop that checks for empty >>space characters at the end and deleting them until it finds a character >>but [trim] would be so much better... is there [trim] in 6? >> >>thanks... > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Someone posted a great piece of code to strip all sorts of crap from a string... it's in the archives. -Dan On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:00:00 -0600 Gary Krockover wrote: >Sure: > >[grep search= $&replace=][YOUR_VAR][/grep] > >But I agree, a Trim would be nice, as in PHP: > >string trim ( string str [, string charlist]) > >Note: The optional charlist parameter was added in PHP 4.1.0 > >This function returns a string with whitespace stripped from the beginning and end of str . >Without the second parameter, trim() will strip these characters: > >" " (ASCII 32 (0x20)), an ordinary space. > >"\t" (ASCII 9 (0x09)), a tab. > >"\n" (ASCII 10 (0x0A)), a new line (line feed). > >"\r" (ASCII 13 (0x0D)), a carriage return. > >"\0" (ASCII 0 (0x00)), the NUL-byte. > >"\x0B" (ASCII 11 (0x0B)), a vertical tab. > >You can also specify the characters you want to strip, by means of the charlist parameter. Simply >list all characters that you want to be stripped. With .. you can specify a range of characters. > >Then there's ltrim() and rtrim(). > >I guess one could be constructive and use a combo of the convertchars db and grep.... > > >GK > >At 07:45 PM 3/1/2004, you wrote: > > >>is there such a thing? i have this client that wanted to use user's real >>name to authenticate themselves when they subscribe but every week at >>least one new subscriber will call to ask why he can not log on. 99% of >>the time is because they've put an extra white space after their name. >>is there [trim] command? and if not - why not? >>i can just replace spaces but sometimes 'Mary Jo' will show up as a >>first name. the only solution is, i think, a loop that checks for empty >>space characters at the end and deleting them until it finds a character >>but [trim] would be so much better... is there [trim] in 6? >> >>thanks... > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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