Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words?

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102265
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texte = I looked into the different ways of doing this a while back and was surprised by the results: To my mind there are 3 ways of doing it 1. The way Steve has described 2. Guessing how many words are in 1000 characters and doing a plain listwords 3. Using FindString to pull out the last space from the first 1,000 characters A while back I did speed tests on this and was surprised by results Working on 8,000 characters on our servers option 1 takes 0.02 secs, option 2 takes 0.35 secs and option 3 takes 0.00 Code here [text]mystring=[url]...Insert enormous string here...[/url][/text] [math show=f]time3=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math] [if [countchars][mystring][/countchars]>1000] [then] [listwords delimiters= &words=[unurl][getchars start=1&end=1000] [mystring][/getchars][/unurl]][text]word[math][index]+1[/math]=[word][/ text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... [/then] [else] [mystring] [/else] [/if]

[math show=f]time4=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math]** Countchars with listwords took [format .2f][math]([time4]-[time3])/60[/math][/format] seconds **
[math show=f]time1=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math] [listwords words=[mystring]][showif [index]<100][word] [/showif][/ listwords]
[math show=f]time2=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math]** Guessing how many characters are in 1,000 chars took [format .2f][math]([time2]-[time1])/60[/math][/ format] seconds **

[math show=f]time1=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math] [text]foundatstring=[getchars start=980&end=1000][mystring][/getchars] [/text] [text]foundat=[findstring Source=[foundatstring]&Find= %20&StartAt=1&reverse=T][/text] [unurl][getchars start=1&end=[math]1000-[foundat]-2[/math]][mystring][/ getchars][/unurl]



[math show=f]time2=[ELAPSEDTIME][/math]** Using FindString to find a space in text takes [format .2f][math]([time2]-[time1])/60[/math][/ format] seconds **
On 26 Mar 2009, at 20:36, Steve Craig wrote: > Hi > > I have used this for a while now and it works fine for me. > > [if [countchars][myMAINSTORY][/countchars]>1000] > [then] > [listwords delimiters= &words=[url][getchars start=1&end=1000] > [myMAINSTORY][/getchars][/url]][text]word[math][index]+1[/ > math]=[word][/text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... > [/then] > [else] > [myMAINSTORY] > [/else] > [/if] > > The listwords line should be all in one if this email wraps. Hope > this helps. > > Cheers > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > > > > On 26 Mar 2009, at 19:54, Ki Song wrote: > >> Is there a function within WebDNA that allows you to limit the number >> of characters, but on get complete words? >> For example, we would like to first 1000 characters from a field. >> However, if character 1000 is in the middle of a word, it would only >> return the last full word before the 1000th character. >> >> Does that make sense? >> Is this possible? >> >> ----------- >> Ki Song >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Stuart Tremain 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Patrick McCormick 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Toby Cox 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Brian Fries 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Toby Cox 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Steve Craig 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  8. [WebDNA] GETCHARS ... words? (Ki Song 2009)
I looked into the different ways of doing this a while back and was surprised by the results: To my mind there are 3 ways of doing it 1. The way Steve has described 2. Guessing how many words are in 1000 characters and doing a plain listwords 3. Using FindString to pull out the last space from the first 1,000 characters A while back I did speed tests on this and was surprised by results Working on 8,000 characters on our servers option 1 takes 0.02 secs, option 2 takes 0.35 secs and option 3 takes 0.00 Code here [text]mystring=[url]...Insert enormous string here...[/url][/text] [math show=f]time3=[elapsedtime][/math] [if [countchars][mystring][/countchars]>1000] [then] [listwords delimiters= &words=[unurl][getchars start=1&end=1000] [mystring][/getchars][/unurl]][text]word[math][index]+1[/math]=[word][/ text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... [/then] [else] [mystring] [/else] [/if]

[math show=f]time4=[elapsedtime][/math]** Countchars with listwords took [format .2f][math]([time4]-[time3])/60[/math][/format] seconds **
[math show=f]time1=[elapsedtime][/math] [listwords words=[mystring]][showif [index]<100][word] [/showif][/ listwords]
[math show=f]time2=[elapsedtime][/math]** Guessing how many characters are in 1,000 chars took [format .2f][math]([time2]-[time1])/60[/math][/ format] seconds **

[math show=f]time1=[elapsedtime][/math] [text]foundatstring=[getchars start=980&end=1000][mystring][/getchars] [/text] [text]foundat=[findstring Source=[foundatstring]&Find= %20&StartAt=1&reverse=T][/text] [unurl][getchars start=1&end=[math]1000-[foundat]-2[/math]][mystring][/ getchars][/unurl]



[math show=f]time2=[elapsedtime][/math]** Using FindString to find a space in text takes [format .2f][math]([time2]-[time1])/60[/math][/ format] seconds **
On 26 Mar 2009, at 20:36, Steve Craig wrote: > Hi > > I have used this for a while now and it works fine for me. > > [if [countchars][myMAINSTORY][/countchars]>1000] > [then] > [listwords delimiters= &words=[url][getchars start=1&end=1000] > [myMAINSTORY][/getchars][/url]][text]word[math][index]+1[/ > math]=[word][/text][text]word[index][/text] [/listwords]... > [/then] > [else] > [myMAINSTORY] > [/else] > [/if] > > The listwords line should be all in one if this email wraps. Hope > this helps. > > Cheers > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > > > > On 26 Mar 2009, at 19:54, Ki Song wrote: > >> Is there a function within WebDNA that allows you to limit the number >> of characters, but on get complete words? >> For example, we would like to first 1000 characters from a field. >> However, if character 1000 is in the middle of a word, it would only >> return the last full word before the 1000th character. >> >> Does that make sense? >> Is this possible? >> >> ----------- >> Ki Song >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Toby Cox

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