... Sure you do. :) You said it here: "* (if last item of x = EMPTY then xTalk languages don't count it as an item)" That's the simple rule. ... Yes, this will...
maybe cause ... nothing is there ??? ... count it as an item ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick...
... Side note trivia: A Revolution user entered a bug into Rev's bug database and marked it as critical, meaning it needed immediate attention ("critical" bugs...
... One more thing ;-) on mouseUp get the itemDelimiter put it & it & it into x answer quote & x & quote && "=" && the number of items of x && "items" end...
I ran into this item-count anomaly recently when I wrote a function that searches an itemlist for an item. If found, it returns the item's item number;...
... if tItemlist = "" then tItemlist contains nothing = 0 item if tItemlist = "a b" then tItemlist contains 3 chars but no itemDelimiter. This counts as 1 item...
... Seems consistent to me. If the *result* of a find is an empty string then it hasn't found anything. You can't "find" an empty string because (by means of...
... Right ... it is not only consistent across all xTalks I know, but is also entirely logical: nuthin' from nuthin' is nuthin'. You will find nothing if there...
Kenneth Norris
pixelbird@...
Jul 5, 2007 6:53 pm
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Well, this little summer brainteaser isn't over YET! :) As Guido correctly points out, if the final (or only) item in an itemlist is the empty string,...
... Snipping the bulk of the well-reasoned argument, the flaw is in the assumption above. In programming languages, delimiters don't separate components, they...
... this is only true if the third item isn't empty ... this is only true if the fourth item isn't empty ... this is only true if the last item isn't empty ......
... Reminds me of the following from an Irish prime minister..... ... If a container is empty, and one appends the contents of another empty container to it…...
Thank you Jacquie, you have taught me something very useful. I've only been half listening to this conversation, thinking it rather pointless. I believe I've...
Since we HyperCardiacs have been having trouble lately with data issues, I thought a database expert might be able to help us clear things up. So I contacted...
This made my day. Don't know about any of yours. Reads like one of the Tortoise dialogs in "Godel, Escher, Bach", and just as scintillating. Criminal....
I too thought was reminiscent of The Eternal Golden Braid ... Started out expecting not to finish, but it kept me reading the whole message in some intriguing...
... or: function Nr_Of_Items_Of pItemlist if (last char of pItemlist = the itemDelimiter) then return (the number of items of pItemlist +1) else return the...
Here's a second interview with Dan Brown, a database guru and fictional avatar sent over by Avatemps, a nonexistent temp agency in the game Second Life: TR:...
I am intrigued by Runtime's soon-to-expire $99 offer but i know nothing about how they license it. It isn't readily apparent on their website, either (I looked...
Hi I amy trying to communicate with a serial device via the modem port on my powerbook which is running OS 8.1. I downloaded the CTB toolkit from Apple but...
... Basically, you purchase the product and can use it indefinitely. However, you won't have access to any updates or new releases. For that, you can either...
Thank you Jacqueline. You're always good for the answer I'm seeking! I have another couple of specific questions regarding Revolution I'm hoping you may be...
Dear Marc, Currently, Revolution creates standalones for Mac OS X and Windows XP/ Vista only. The Mac OS X version runs on every Mac capable if running that...
Thanks, Mark. They offer a "boxed" version for $15 more.. I presume that's a script guide/user guide. Seems well worth it (but what happened to software that...
Dear Marc, Don't assume/presume anything. I don't think there is a printed guide and the box may be no more than a dvd case, although I don't know this. I...
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