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iosman
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:33 am   

Need an alias to break apart long strings
 
Ok I am in need of an alias to break apart a long string at the closest .?! char to 230 characters without going over 230. It also needs to break on a space as a last resort if there is no punctuation.

Anyone think they can help me with my quest to break apart long strings?
I just need a rough working example of doing this I should be able to tidy it up to do exactly what I want from there . .
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shalimar
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:16 am   
 
I have something similar already coded:
It is currently set to a 79 char limit, but that should be easily edited.
Code:

#PRINT Text to be edited:
#PRINT %clip
#PRINT Reformatting too:
$that=%replace( %clip, %cr, " ")
#PRINT $that
#LOCAL $this $maybe $leftover $pos
#LOOP ((%len($that)/80)+2) {
  #IF (%len( $that)<80) {
    #ADDITEM $this %trim( $that)
    $that=""
    } {
    $pos=0
    #WHILE ($pos<80) {
      $maybe=%left( $that, $pos)
      $leftover=%right( $that, $pos)
      $pos=($pos+%pos( " ", $leftover))
      }
    #ADDITEM $this %trim( %left( $that, %len( $maybe)))
    $that=%right( $that, %len( $maybe))
    }
  }
#PRINT And here is the finished result:
#CALL %clip( %expandlist( $this, %cr))
#PRINT %clip
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