Edit Strings?

[andylt1]

hi quick question

how can i remove a character fro a string?

if i have an array with 3 elements called shoulder1, elbow1 and wrist1, respectively

can i do a for in loop and delete the last character? or replace it with something else like "_IK"

cheers

[isam]

in your case just use size($string) and then substring() to cut out whatever u dont want, then just add ti the string watever extensions u want

[joojaa]

or use substitute.

substitute "mystring1" "s/.$/_IK/";
// Result: mystring_IK //

or you could do more complex too (and actually preserve the numbering as is if you wsih):

substitute "mystring027" "s/([0-9]*)$/_IK_$1/";
// Result: mystring_IK_027 //

or just ditch all numbering:

substitute "mystring027" "s/[0-9]*$/_IK/";
// Result: mystring_IK //

In general i find regular expressions are the most useful tool in most day to day tasks. A must to know for anybody doing any kind of string stuff. Even for people who only use word or excel benefit from regular expressions big time.

[pythonboy]

Woow Jooja what this means ?

"s/.$/_IK/";

[joojaa]

QUOTE(pythonBoy @ 09/23/07, 04:42 PM) [snapback]273693[/snapback]
"s/.$/_IK/";

substitute the last character by _IK

S is substitute

/ command divisor

. any character $ end of string (becomes any character before string end)

/ command divisor

_IK what to susbtitute

/ command divisor for end of command and possible globals

read

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex/

or quick short intro online:

http://www.regular-expressions.info/quickstart.html

[pythonboy]

Mastering Regular Expressions , it says technuiqes for perl.I don't know perl only MEL.

Should i still get that book?Is it good for only-MEL users ?

[joojaa]

QUOTE(pythonBoy @ 09/23/07, 07:01 PM) [snapback]273705[/snapback]
Mastering Regular Expressions , it says technuiqes for perl.

Does not matter regular expressions are implemented a s part of mel, python, perl, javascript, java, c#, sed,awk, PHP essentially same language in many flavors.

[kurianos3d]

friend check this thread for more info
joojaa the master said lot of things there just check it:D
i learn RE from this thread only

http://www.highend3d.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=213550