viewing invisible characters in variable watcher

[dunbarx]

So the line:

split "splittingMigraineHeadache" by return and "migraine" would yield the one line array:

splitting Headache (with the key being "splitting" and its element "headache)?

Will the itemDelimiter also be enhanced this way?

set the itemDel to "Migraine"
answer item 2 of "splittingMigraineHeadache" --gives you a "Headache"

Craig

[jacque]

I hadn't thought about that, but yes, it appears that item delimiters do allow multiple characters in LC 7.0. At least, I get no errors from the message box, where I do see an error in version 6.6.2. Interesting.

[dunbarx]

Jacque.

Not on 7 yet.

But does;

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 set the itemDel to "Migraine"
answer item 2 of "splittingMigraineHeadache"

give you "Headache" or "igraineheadache"? (the "M" being the actual delim)

I suppose there is no particular reason to. er, limit the itemDelimiter to a single char. What would it hurt?

Craig

[jacque]

In LC 7.0 it gives me [a] "Headache". It's working just like the new version of "split".

You might want to try 7.0 just to tinker. I don't do real work in it yet but it's good for one-off tests and I've found a few bugs and features that way. You can run any number of LC versions at once; right now I have three running. I usually do.