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char...of 205

char...of

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

textMemberExpression.char[whichCharacter]

char whichCharacter of fieldOrStringVariable

textMemberExpression.char[firstCharacter..lastCharacter]

char firstCharacter to lastCharacter of fieldOrStringVariable

Description

Keyword; identifies a character or a range of characters in a chunk expression. A chunk expression

is any character, word, item, or line in any source of text (such as field cast members and variables)

that holds a string.

• An expression using whichCharacter identifies a specific character.

• An expression using firstCharacter and lastCharacter identifies a range of characters.

The expressions must be integers that specify a character or range of characters in the chunk.

Characters include letters, numbers, punctuation marks, spaces, and control characters such as

Tab and Return.

You can test but not set the

char...of keyword. Use the put...into command to modify the

characters in a string.

Example

This statement displays the first character of the string $9.00:

put(("$9.00").char[1..1])

-- "$"

This statement displays the entire string $9.00:

put(("$9.00").char[1..5])

-- "$9.00"

This statement changes the first five characters of the second word in the third line of a text

cast member:

member("quiz").line[3].word[2].char[1..5] = "?????"