my-data: read/lines %billing.lst x: 1 print my-data/1 print my-data/x print my-data/x gives me an invalid path error. Can't I use a variable here? I'm trying...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Sep 22, 2001 2:43 am
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print my-data/:x Note the colon. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://zen.scripterz.org -><-...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 22, 2001 3:20 am
165
... Hi Jim, You can access values within a series with a word using the following syntax... print my-data/:x This can be extended to include access to series...
Carl Read
carl@...
Sep 22, 2001 4:00 am
166
Thanks Andrew and Carl, ... second variable (:n) to get to a character within a line. That would be just like the first basic I ever learned (AFP BASIC --...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Sep 22, 2001 3:39 pm
167
... == ["abcde" "fghij" "klmno"] ... == 2 ... == 3 ... == "hij" Yep - works. (: Oh, if you're meaning a text-file, you'd first need to parse the file to...
Carl Read
carl@...
Sep 22, 2001 4:59 pm
168
... I believe it's a bug in Rebol. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://zen.scripterz.org -><-...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 22, 2001 9:34 pm
169
... Do you know if it's been reported as such? It seems unlikely to me it would've been left this long if it was a bug, as if it's supposed to work like the...
Carl Read
carl@...
Sep 22, 2001 11:37 pm
170
... would've been left this long if it was a bug, as if it's supposed to work like the above then it's a pretty major bug to leave un-fixed. I don't recall at...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 23, 2001 3:43 am
171
I've managed to load the data and display the first record of seven lines, but after that I get errors. I'm sure this is very poor REBOL -- repeating each...
hijim@...
Sep 24, 2001 12:00 am
172
Jim's Problem: I've managed to load the data and display the first record of seven lines, but after that I get errors. I'm sure this is very poor REBOL --...
Jim, this might be helpful: http://www.rebol.com/docs/view-guide.html Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://zen.scripterz.org -><-...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 24, 2001 1:51 am
175
"I'm under the impression that you thought that your original code was interpreted by Rebol as Rebol script, instead of the special 'layout dialect." Thanks...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Sep 24, 2001 3:37 am
176
... Something else about layouts Jim: This may or may not have anything to do with what you're working on, but it's interesting, anyway. (: The following... ...
Carl Read
carl@...
Sep 24, 2001 7:15 am
177
I've managed to get the database to display and scroll with up/down and first/last buttons, and I think I can get most of the functions I need by referring to...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Sep 27, 2001 1:47 am
178
Okay, I have to insert something, maybe whatever delimits or separates the lines. It's not a newline. Nothing shows when I print the file. Jim...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Sep 27, 2001 2:35 am
179
... You're so close! Try: button blue "Insert" [loop 7 [insert at my-data x ""]] or: button blue "Insert" [insert at my-data x reduce ["" "" "" "" "" "" ""]]] ...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 27, 2001 6:29 am
180
... insert: native[ {Inserts a value into a series and returns the series after the insert.} series [series! port! bitset!] "Series at point to insert" value...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 27, 2001 6:38 am
181
Thanks Andrew, That does it! button blue "Insert" [ loop 7 [insert at my-data x ""] asn x ] button blue "Delete" [ loop 7 [remove at my-data x ""] asn x ] I...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Sep 28, 2001 3:15 am
182
... and newline to turn it back to a standard text file -- I hope. Try: write/lines my-data first. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://zen.scripterz.org -><-...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 28, 2001 5:25 am
183
Actually try: write/lines %MyFileName.txt my-data first. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://zen.scripterz.org -><- ... From: "Andrew Martin"...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 28, 2001 5:26 am
184
The database in Rebol now does almost everything the one in BASIC does. I still need to program it to print monthly bills, but that's easy. What I am trying to...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Sep 30, 2001 10:41 pm
185
... read every 7th line only -- line 1, 8, 15, etc.? Some kind of 'skip? That would give me names only -- not all the other data. If the customer name is in...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Sep 30, 2001 11:50 pm
186
Hi Andrew, I tried name-list: text-list data skip my-data 7 but I still get the whole of my-data, not just every 7th line. If I can get just the names into...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Oct 1, 2001 2:28 am
187
Hi Jim, ... I think you'd be better to add your name list later instead of trying to build it in your layout, then use find as Andrew suggested. Perhaps...
Carl Read
carl@...
Oct 1, 2001 10:22 am
188
... USAGE: EXTRACT block width DESCRIPTION: Extracts every n-th value from a series. EXTRACT is a function value. ARGUMENTS: block -- (Type: block hash) width...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Oct 1, 2001 10:57 am
189
... Heh. (: I knew of extract, but it didn't behave as I'd hoped when I first looked at it. Odd it's block-only, too... ... ** Script Error: extract expected...
Carl Read
carl@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:55 pm
190
Hi Martin, Your code got me the list of names into the text-list, but the slider had no bar to slide up and down to scroll through the names. name-list:...
hijim@...
Oct 2, 2001 2:24 am
191
Oops! name-list: text-list data names-only 200x350 That's the line that got the names into the list. The other code only constructed the 'names-only data. Jim...
hijim@...
Oct 2, 2001 2:27 am
192
Jim, It's probably a good idea now to show your complete script to the main list, and look at refactoring it, with input from everyone there. What do you ...
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