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Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:53 pm**

I have a text entry field for the entry of a series of 3 digit numbers.
I want to make it so a space is created automatically betweeb the 3 digits when the user types in the numbers.
example: 123 456 789 101 112

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:59 am**

there's many ways to skin a cat, but these are what i just came up with:

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on rawKeyUp
  put the text of me into theText
  replace space with "" in theText
  if the number of chars theText mod 3 = 0 then
    put space after theText
  end if
end rawKeyUp

or maybe:

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on rawKeyUp
  put the text of me into theText
  replace space with "" in theText
  put 0 into x
  put "" into theResult
  repeat for each char theChar in theText
    add one to x
    if x mod 3 = 0 then
      put theChar & space after theResult
    else
      put theChar after theResult
    end if
  end repeat
  put theResult into me
end rawKeyUp

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:27 am**

Error on the first code

[Type] if: missing 'then'
[Object] archieves
[Line] if the number of chars theText mod 3 = 0 then
[Hint] of

The second code causes the text to type in from right to left and doesn't space properly at all.

I see where you are going with the first one, I'll try playing around with that when I get a chance. I think it should be 'chars in theText' and I'm not seeing any line that puts the evaluated back into the field.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:17 am**

I played with the first code a little.

It does work after I add the missing 'in' and change the last theText to me.

But the behavior of the backspace and delete key when used in the field makes it less then optimal (it causes courser to move ahead erratically.

perhaps a one line table field could be used, where each column is only 3 characters?

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