Middletree wrote on 04 jan 2008 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
Quote:
My results after doing some stuff are going to have names separated by
commas. Example:
>
James & Beth Williams John & Mary Smith Ross & Rachel Gellar Willy &
Wanda Wonka
>
>
But the number of names is variable, so I put in commas between each
one. Then I end up with:
>
, James & Beth Williams, John & Mary Smith, Ross & Rachel Gellar,
Willy & Wanda Wonka
>
This is almost what I need, except that first comma. To get rid of it,
I tried doing a replace of the first character on the left, like this:
>
strFullName = Replace(strFullName,Left(strFullName,1),"")
>
However, this is yielding weird results.
>
What am I doing wrong in my replace function?
I suppose you assume VBscript, which is not the only ASP language.
Try:
Dim t
t = ", James & Beth Williams, John & Mary Smith, Ross & Rachel Gellar"
t = Replace(t,", ","",1,1)
Explanation:
replacing the comma+space: ", "
with an empty string: ""
starting at the first letter: 1
and only once: 1
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Or using mid():
Dim t
t = ", James & Beth Williams, John & Mary Smith, Ross & Rachel Gellar"
t = mid(t,3)
Explanation:
new string t starts at the 3rd letter of the old one
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using ASP-j[ava]script is also a good option
making one line regex possible:
var t;
t = ', James & Beth Williams, John & Mary Smith, Ross & Rachel Gellar';
t = t.replace(/^, /,'');
Explanation:
replace
from the start: ^
the comma+space: ", "
non global: so only once
with an empty string ''
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I would urge you to read the specs on functions you use and not assume
them.
Download script56.chm:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/>
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