Paste a string of characters by single keystroke or script

Every week I need to modify my CSS code on my blog (using Safari) with the same few phrases. After searching Automator and Applescript forums, I am further confused than ever. Is there a simple way to copy a phrase and have it always available (like a dedicated clipboard that doesn't change) that would then be available to paste in with a few keystrokes or menu clicks?

In addition to TypeIt4Me there is Typinator or TextExpander. All available at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
There are also several clipboard and snippet managers for saving frequently used text, images, html, etc. that can be entered in a variety of ways. I use one called ClipMasterCM that lets you enter saved snippets via the contextual menu. Another good one is called jfSnip that lets you enter saved snippets from the menubar.

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TS3276 I need feedback for the following issue. When I send email from this 27 inch iMac, the computer adds a string of characters in vertical column that represents the QWERTY key board, all alpha numeric characters are included. Yahoo mail, issue only o

Restating my issue / question...
When I send email from this iMac, there is a string of characters assigned. The characters are all the "alpha numeric" characters on the QWERTY key board. This only occurs when email is sent from this iMac. The issue does not manifest when using any other lap top or computer.
Hence, I have ruled out the issue is a yahoo mail matter.
Again, I can access the Yahoo mail account form multiple devices and send email without unintended assignment of character strings, but when I send wmail using this iMac, the issue happens everytime.
Characters are stacked verticaly in a column. It looks as if all characters (except function keys) are included in the string.
Any ideas?
GMc

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click the line of text below to select it:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}' | open -f -a TextEdit
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Post the contents of that window, if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. You can then close the TextEdit window. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
{ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'; sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook; } | open -f -a TextEdit
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
Note: If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before taking this step. If that’s not possible, skip to the next step.
Step 3
launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}' | open -f -a TextEdit
Step 4
ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null | open -f -a TextEdit
Important: If you formerly synchronized with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' | open -f -a TextEdit
Remember, steps 1-5 are all copy-and-paste — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.

PL/SQL function to read a string of characters into an array

I was wondering if there is an easier way than using the substr function multiple times. Here is the example:
Suppose you have a varchar2 variable that contains the word 'Apple'. The function should take it and produce an array. We would invoke it like this:
<what data structure?> a := stringunpackerfunction(x);
// x is the varchar2 containing 'Apple'.
The resulting a would be such that a[0] is 'A', a[1] is 'p', a[2] is 'p', a[3] is 'l' and a[4] is 'e'.
If there is no direct function to do this in a single invocation, is there a function to simply read a string of characters and return 'the next character'?
Thanks,
Regards,
Srini

There is a procedure out there called PS_PARSE which takes a string and converts to an array provided with an identified separator. Works for us pretty well.
I just grabbed this off of google. I am presuming this should work fine. It has been sometime since we implemented ours that I forget if there were any additional modifications that we made. I think there was one regarding the size of the string that could be handled. I forget precisely. Anyways... take a peek at it. Its makes things easy in that your logic is pretty streamlined.
Barry C
http://www.myoracleportal.com
create or replace PACKAGE PS_Parse
IS
     || PL/SQL table structures to hold atomics retrieved by parse_string.
     || This includes the table type definition, a table (though you can
     || declare your own as well, and an empty table, which you can use
     || to clear out your table which contains atomics.
     TYPE atoms_tabtype IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(60) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
     atoms_table atoms_tabtype;
     empty_atoms_table atoms_tabtype;
     || The standard list of delimiters. You can over-ride these with
     || your own list when you call the procedures and functions below.
     || This list is a pretty standard set of delimiters, though.
     std_delimiters VARCHAR2 (50) := ' !@#$%^&*()-_=+\|`~{{]};:''",<.>/?';
     /* Display contents of table using DBMS_OUTPUT */
     PROCEDURE display_atomics
          (table_in IN atoms_tabtype, num_rows_in IN NUMBER);
     || The parse_string procedure: I provide two, overloaded definitions.
     || The first version puts all atomics into a PL/SQL table and would
     || be used in a PL/SQL Version 2 environment. The second version places
     || all atomics into a string, separating each atomic by a vertical bar.
     || (My code does NOT do any special handling when it finds a "|" in
     || the string. You have to deal with that when you extract the atomics.
     ||
     || See the program definition for more details on other parameters.
     PROCEDURE parse_string
          (string_in IN VARCHAR2,
          atomics_list_out OUT atoms_tabtype,
          num_atomics_out IN OUT NUMBER,
          delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters);
     PROCEDURE parse_string
          (string_in IN VARCHAR2,
          atomics_list_out IN OUT VARCHAR2,
          num_atomics_out IN OUT NUMBER,
          delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters);
     /* Count the number of atomics in a string */
     FUNCTION number_of_atomics
          (string_in IN VARCHAR2,
          count_type_in IN VARCHAR2 := 'ALL',
          delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters)
     RETURN INTEGER;
     /* Return the Nth atomic in the string */
     FUNCTION nth_atomic
          (string_in IN VARCHAR2,
          nth_in IN NUMBER,
          count_type_in IN VARCHAR2 := 'ALL',
          delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters)
     RETURN VARCHAR2;
END PS_Parse;
create or replace PACKAGE BODY PS_Parse
IS
/* Package variables used repeatedly throughout the body. */
len_string     NUMBER;
start_loc     NUMBER;
next_loc     NUMBER;
|| Since the PUT_LINE procedure regards a string of one or more
|| spaces as NULL, it will not display a space, which is in
|| PS_Parse a valid atomic. So I save a_blank in the PL/SQL
|| table instead of the space itself.
a_blank CONSTANT VARCHAR2(3) := '" "';
/*--------------------- Private Modules ---------------------------
|| The following functions are available only to other modules in
|| package. No user of PS_Parse can see or use these functions.
FUNCTION a_delimiter
(character_in IN VARCHAR2,
delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters)
RETURN BOOLEAN
|| Returns TRUE if the character passsed into the function is found
|| in the list of delimiters.
IS
BEGIN
RETURN INSTR (delimiters_in, character_in) > 0;
END;
FUNCTION string_length (string_in IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN INTEGER
IS
BEGIN
RETURN LENGTH (LTRIM (RTRIM (string_in)));
END;
FUNCTION next_atom_loc
(string_in IN VARCHAR2,
start_loc_in IN NUMBER,
scan_increment_in IN NUMBER := +1)
|| The next_atom_loc function returns the location
|| in the string of the starting point of the next atomic (from the
|| start location). The function scans forward if scan_increment_in is
|| +1, otherwise it scans backwards through the string. Here is the
|| logic to determine when the next atomic starts:
||
||          1. If current atomic is a delimiter (if, that is, the character
||               at the start_loc_in of the string is a delimiter), then the
||               the next character starts the next atomic since all
||               delimiters are a single character in length.
||
||          2. If current atomic is a word (if, that is, the character
||               at the start_loc_in of the string is a delimiter), then the
||               next atomic starts at the next delimiter. Any letters or
||               numbers in between are part of the current atomic.
||
|| So I loop through the string a character at a time and apply these
|| tests. I also have to check for end of string. If I scan forward
|| the end of string comes when the SUBSTR which pulls out the next
|| character returns NULL. If I scan backward, then the end of the
|| string comes when the location is less than 0.
RETURN NUMBER
IS
/* Boolean variable which uses private function to determine
|| if the current character is a delimiter or not.
was_a_delimiter BOOLEAN :=
PS_Parse.a_delimiter (SUBSTR (string_in, start_loc_in, 1));
/* If not a delimiter, then it was a word. */
was_a_word BOOLEAN := NOT was_a_delimiter;
/* The next character scanned in the string */
          next_char VARCHAR2(1);
|| The value returned by the function. This location is the start
|| of the next atomic found. Initialize it to next character,
|| forward or backward depending on increment.
return_value NUMBER := start_loc_in + scan_increment_in;
BEGIN
LOOP
-- Extract the next character.
next_char := SUBSTR (string_in, return_value, 1);
-- Exit the loop if:
EXIT WHEN
/* On a delimiter, since that is always an atomic */
a_delimiter (next_char)
OR
/* Was a delimiter, but am now in a word. */
(was_a_delimiter AND NOT a_delimiter (next_char))
OR
/* Reached end of string scanning forward. */
next_char IS NULL
OR
/* Reached beginning of string scanning backward. */
return_value < 0;
/* Shift return_value to move the next character. */
return_value := return_value + scan_increment_in;
END LOOP;
-- If the return_value is negative, return 0, else the return_value
RETURN GREATEST (return_value, 0);
END;
PROCEDURE increment_counter
(counter_inout IN OUT NUMBER,
count_type_in IN VARCHAR2,
atomic_in IN CHAR)
|| The increment_counter procedure is used by nth_atomic and
|| number_of_atomics to add to the count of of atomics. Since you
|| can request a count by ALL atomics, just the WORD atomics or
|| just the DELIMITER atomics. I use the a_delimiter function to
|| decide whether I should add to the counter. This is not a terribly
|| complex procedure. I bury this logic into a separate module,
however,
|| to make it easier to read and debug the main body of the programs.
IS
BEGIN
IF count_type_in = 'ALL' OR
(count_type_in = 'WORD' AND NOT a_delimiter (atomic_in)) OR
(count_type_in = 'DELIMITER' AND a_delimiter (atomic_in))
THEN
counter_inout := counter_inout + 1;
END IF;
END increment_counter;
/* ------------------------- Public Modules -----------------------*/
PROCEDURE display_atomics
(table_in IN atoms_tabtype, num_rows_in IN NUMBER)
|| Program to dump out contents of table. Notice I must also pass in
|| the number of rows in the table so that I know when to stop the
|| loop. Otherwise I will raise a NO_DATA_FOUND exception. For a more
|| elaborate display_table module, see Chapter 7 on PL/SQL tables.
IS
BEGIN
FOR table_row IN 1 .. num_rows_in
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (NVL (table_in (table_row), 'NULL'));
END LOOP;
END;
PROCEDURE parse_string
(string_in IN VARCHAR2,
atomics_list_out OUT atoms_tabtype,
num_atomics_out IN OUT NUMBER,
delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters)
|| Version of parse_string which stores the list of atomics
|| in a PL/SQL table.
||
|| Parameters:
||          string_in - the string to be parsed.
||          atomics_list_out - the table of atomics.
||          num_atomics_out - the number of atomics found.
||          delimiters_in - the set of delimiters used in parse.
IS
BEGIN
/* Initialize variables. */
num_atomics_out := 0;
len_string := string_length (string_in);
IF len_string IS NOT NULL
THEN
|| Only scan the string if made of something more than blanks.
|| Start at first non-blank character. Remember: INSTR returns 0
|| if a space is not found. Stop scanning if at end of string.
start_loc := LEAST (1, INSTR (string_in, ' ') + 1);
WHILE start_loc <= len_string
LOOP
|| Find the starting point of the NEXT atomic. Go ahead and
|| increment counter for the number of atomics. Then have to
|| actually pull out the atomic. Two cases to consider:
||          1. Last atomic goes to end of string.
||          2. The atomic is a single blank. Use special constant.
||          3. Anything else.
next_loc := next_atom_loc (string_in, start_loc);
num_atomics_out := num_atomics_out + 1;
IF next_loc > len_string
THEN
-- Atomic is all characters right to the end of the string.
atomics_list_out (num_atomics_out) :=
SUBSTR (string_in, start_loc);
ELSE
|| Internal atomic. If RTRIMs to NULL, have a blank
|| Use special-case string to stuff a " " in the table.
atomics_list_out (num_atomics_out) :=
NVL (RTRIM (SUBSTR (string_in,
start_loc, next_loc-start_loc)),
                                   a_blank);
END IF;
-- Move starting point of scan for next atomic.
start_loc := next_loc;
END LOOP;
END IF;
END parse_string;
PROCEDURE parse_string
(string_in IN VARCHAR2,
atomics_list_out IN OUT VARCHAR2,
num_atomics_out IN OUT NUMBER,
delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters)
|| The version of parse_string which writes the atomics out to a packed
|| list in the format "|A|,|C|". I do not repeat any of the comments
|| from the first iteration of parse_string.
IS
BEGIN
/* Initialize variables */
num_atomics_out := 0;
atomics_list_out := NULL;
len_string := string_length (string_in);
IF len_string IS NOT NULL
THEN
start_loc := LEAST (1, INSTR (string_in, ' ') + 1);
WHILE start_loc <= len_string
LOOP
next_loc := next_atom_loc (string_in, start_loc);
num_atomics_out := num_atomics_out + 1;
IF next_loc > len_string
THEN
atomics_list_out := atomics_list_out || '|' ||
SUBSTR (string_in, start_loc);
ELSE
atomics_list_out :=
atomics_list_out || '|' ||
NVL (RTRIM (SUBSTR (string_in,
start_loc, next_loc-start_loc)),
                                   a_blank);
END IF;
start_loc := next_loc;
END LOOP;
/* Apply terminating delimiter to the string. */
atomics_list_out := atomics_list_out || '|' ;
END IF;
END parse_string;
FUNCTION number_of_atomics
(string_in IN VARCHAR2,
count_type_in IN VARCHAR2 := 'ALL',
delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters)
RETURN INTEGER
|| Counts the number of atomics in the string_in. You can specify the
|| type of count you want: ALL for all atomics, WORD to count only the
|| words and DELIMITER to count only the delimiters. You can optionally
|| pass your own set of delimiters into the function.
IS
return_value INTEGER := 0;
BEGIN
/* Initialize variables. */
len_string := string_length (string_in);
IF len_string IS NOT NULL
THEN
|| This loop is much simpler than parse_string. Call the
|| next_atom_loc to move to the next atomic and increment the
|| counter if appropriate. Everything complicated is shifted into
|| sub-programs so that you can read the program "top-down",
|| understand it layer by layer.
start_loc := LEAST (1, INSTR (string_in, ' ') + 1);
WHILE start_loc <= len_string
LOOP
increment_counter (return_value, UPPER (count_type_in),
SUBSTR (string_in, start_loc, 1));
start_loc := next_atom_loc (string_in, start_loc);
END LOOP;
END IF;
RETURN return_value;
END number_of_atomics;
FUNCTION nth_atomic
(string_in IN VARCHAR2,
nth_in IN NUMBER,
count_type_in IN VARCHAR2 := 'ALL',
delimiters_in IN VARCHAR2 := std_delimiters)
RETURN VARCHAR2
|| Find and return the nth atomic in a string. If nth_in is greater
|| the number of atomics, then return NULL. If nth_in is negative the
|| function counts from the back of the string. You can again request
|| a retrieval by ALL atomics, just the WORDs or just the DELIMITER.
|| So you can ask for the third atomic, or the second word from the end
|| of the string. You can pass your own list of delimiters as well.
IS
/* Local copy of string. Supports up to 1000 characters. */
local_string VARCHAR2 (1000) :=
LTRIM (RTRIM (SUBSTR (string_in, 1, 1000)));
/* Running count of atomics so far counted. */
atomic_count NUMBER := 1;
/* Boolean variable which controls the looping logic. */
still_scanning BOOLEAN :=
local_string IS NOT NULL AND nth_in != 0;
/* The amount by which I increment the counter. */
scan_increment INTEGER;
/* Return value of function, maximum length of 100 characters. */
return_value VARCHAR2 (100):= NULL;
BEGIN
IF nth_in = 0
THEN
/* Not much to do here. Find 0th atomic? */
RETURN NULL;
ELSE
/* Initialize the loop variables. */
len_string := string_length (local_string);
IF nth_in > 0
THEN
/* Start at first non-blank character and scan forward. */
next_loc := 1;
scan_increment := 1;
ELSE
/* Start at last non-blank character and scan backward. */
next_loc := len_string;
scan_increment := -1;
END IF;
/* Loop through the string until the Boolean is FALSE. */
WHILE still_scanning
LOOP
/* Move start of scan in string to loc of last atomic. */
start_loc := next_loc;
/* Find the starting point of the next atomic. */
next_loc      :=
next_atom_loc (local_string, start_loc, scan_increment);
/* Increment the count of atomics. */
increment_counter
(atomic_count,
UPPER (count_type_in),
SUBSTR (local_string, start_loc, 1));
|| Keep scanning if my count hasn't exceeded the request
|| and I am neither at the beginning nor end of the string.
still_scanning :=
atomic_count <= ABS (nth_in) AND
next_loc <= len_string AND
next_loc >= 1;
END LOOP;
|| Done with the loop. If my count has not exceeded the requested
|| amount, then there weren't enough atomics in the string to
|| satisfy the request.
IF atomic_count <= ABS (nth_in)
THEN
RETURN NULL;
ELSE
|| I need to extract the atomic from the string. If scanning
|| forward, then I start at start_loc and SUBSTR forward.
|| If I am scanning backwards, I start at next_loc+1 (next_loc
|| is the starting point of the NEXT atomic and I want the
|| current one) and SUBSTR forward (when scanning in
|| reverse, next_loc comes before start_loc in the string.
IF scan_increment = +1
THEN
RETURN
SUBSTR (local_string, start_loc, next_loc - start_loc);
ELSE
RETURN
SUBSTR (local_string, next_loc+1, start_loc - next_loc);
END IF;
END IF;
END IF;
END nth_atomic;
END PS_Parse;
/

More Than 250 Characters in single field

Hi
Can anybody help me Regarding this issue.
Is there any possibilty to get More than 250 Characters in single field (i.e up to 500),whether in Background or Online Mode.

Hi
do declare the field as string than Char .
data var1 type string , this can hold more 500 size .
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When accessing certain websites, I am met with a random string of characters in the browser window. What could be causing this?

When trying to access certain websites, http://redditenhancementsuite.com/ or http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the- ... od#3293733 for example, all I get is a random string of characters in my browser window like the following:
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The characters change depending on the website. I've tried disabling all extensions and plugins, reinstalling firefox and reinstalling java to no avail. The issue seems to be isolated to firefox, chrome is able to display the webpages without a problem. The problem occures following a malware in infection which would redirect goolgle searches in firefox. It was dealt with using Malwarebytes Anti-malware and by removing some entries from C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.

Hi,
I tried everything above but to no avail. Windows firewall seemed to be allowing Firefox through without it actually being in the exception list. However, I did remove Firefox but this time removing all profile data too. Reinstalling Firefox seemed to make the websites work. However I then restored my bookmarks, and suddenly the websites stopped functioning again, displaying the random string of characters. Could this be an issue with my bookmarks?

PowerShell script to find a string of characters in office documents in Doc Libraries and List Item attachments?

Hi there,
For SharePoint 2010 site - Does someone have the PowerShell script to find a string of characters in Office/Word/Excel/PDF documents in document libraries or the ones attached to List Items?
Thanks so much in advance.

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to find some specific string character in list items using PowerShell Command.
$w = Get-SPWeb "http://devmy131"
$l = $w.GetList("http://devmy131/lists/fieldslist");
$i = $l.Items[0]["Title"].ToString();
if ($i -like '*document*')
Write-Host "Title contains document character" $i;
More information:
PowerShell -contains -like
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How to extract an integer or a float value from a String of characters

Hi i have a problem getting to a float value within a string of characters..
for instance the string is
"numberItem xxxxxxxxx 700.0" (each x is a space..the forum wouldnt let me put normal spaces for some reason)
how do i store 700.0 in a float variable
remember the string is obtained from an inputfile
so far i got the program to store the inputfile data line by line in a String array..i tried tokenizing the string to get to the the float value but since i have mulitple spaces within my string, the token method only gets "numberItem" from the above String
This is all i have so far:
String c;
String Array[] =new String[g]; (i used a while loop to obtain g(the nubmer of lines in the file))
while((c=(cr.readLine()))!=null)
Array[coun]=c;
it would be reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly easy if there was a predefined method to extract numeric values from a string in java..
Edited by: badmash on Feb 18, 2009 5:50 PM
Edited by: badmash on Feb 18, 2009 5:50 PM
Edited by: badmash on Feb 18, 2009 5:55 PM

badmash wrote:
Hi i have a problem getting to a float value within a string of characters..
for instance the string is
"numberItem xxxxxxxxx 700.0" (each x is a space..the forum wouldnt let me put normal spaces for some reason)
with the space included
how do i store 700.0 in a float variable
remember the string is obtained from an inputfile
so far i got the program to store the inputfile data line by line in a String array..i tried tokenizing the string to get to the the float value but since i have mulitple spaces within my string, the token method only gets "numberItem" from the above StringHuh?
Not true.
Anyway why not use string split, split on spaces and grab the last element (which by the format you posted would be your 700.0)
Then there is the Float.parseFloat method.
It is easy.
And another thing why not use a List of Strings if you want to store each line? (And why did you post that code which doesn't really have anything to do with your problem?) Also in future please use the code formatting tags when posting code. Select the code you are posting in the message box and click the CODE button.

Add zeros on the left in a string of characters

Hi,
I'd like to add zeros on the left in a string of characters. Example:
   Char10: 8572   ---> Char10: 0000008572
I'd like to know if there's a standard instruction for this, or a quick way to do it.
Thanks in advance,
Gerard

Try this
*& Report YCHATEST                                                    *
REPORT YCHATEST                                .
data : l_char(10) value '8275'.
write : / l_char.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT'
EXPORTING
    INPUT         = l_char
IMPORTING
   OUTPUT        = l_char
write : / l_char.
Message was edited by: Sekhar

Delete spaces on the right of a string of characters

Hi,
I'd like to know how to delete space on the right of a string of characters and ONLY the ones on the right in order I can get the real length of the string (I don't want to condense the spaces between words even though there's more than one).
data: text(20).
text = 'SAP Forum'
In this case, if I use both DESCRIBE LENGTH and DESCRIBE OUTPUT LENGTH, the result will be 20, but the real length is 9.

Use STRLEN( ), as described by the other posters.
To delete space chars on the right of a string, use following static method:
CALL METHOD cl_abap_string_utilities=>del_trailing_blanks
CHANGING
str = lv_text.

Changing strings to characters

I have been trying to program this and its not working. I am a java student, so my level of java understanding is pretty basic. well REALLY basic considering the depth and scope of the java language. plus I have only been at this about 2 months. so please keep it as simple as you can. thanks!
This is the question:
Write a program for a furniture company. Ask the suer to choose P for pine, O for oak, or M for mahogany. Show the price of a table manufacture with the chosen wood. Pine tables cost $100, oak costs $224, and mahogany costs $310.
Add a prompt to the program to ask the user to specify a large (L) or small (S) table. ass $35 to the price of any large table.
and this is what I have so far:
import java.io.*;
public class Furniture
     public static void main(String[]args) throws IOException
          BufferedReader dataIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          String swood;
          int mahogany = 310;
          int pine = 100;
          int oak = 225;
          int total = 0;
          String size = "";
          System.out.println("Enter wood: ");
          swood = dataIn.readLine();
          System.out.println("Small or Large?");
          size = dataIn.readLine();
          if(swood == "P")
               total = 100;
               System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
          else if(swood == "O")
               total = 225;
               System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
          else if(swood == "M")
               total = 310;
               System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
          if(size == "L")
               int newtotal = total + 35;
               System.out.println("The new total is: " + newtotal);
I need to convert my strings into characters but i am not able to figure out how to do it...we have done other conversions using Integer.parseInt() and similar methods but Character.parseChar() is apparently not a part of the java.io package.
If there are any other changes that need to be made plz point them out. thanks.
also i tried using Char.At() but i couldnt get it to work??
Edited by: desichick07 on Oct 25, 2007 4:42 PM

They meant like this:
Your current code for the condition was like this:
if(swood == "P")
total = 100;
System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
else if(swood == "O")
total = 225;
System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
else if(swood == "M")
total = 310;
System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
if(size == "L")
int newtotal = total + 35;
System.out.println("The new total is: " + newtotal);
Now change your code to something like this:
if(swood.equals("P"))
total = 100;
System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
else if(swood.equals("O"))
total = 225;
System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
else if(swood.equals("M"))
total = 310;
System.out.println("Total is: " + total);
if(size.equals("L"))
int newtotal = total + 35;
System.out.println("The new total is: " + newtotal);
}so instead of using "==", you replace it with equals().

When I use ; (semicolon), the string of characters do not hyphen!

Let's suppose we have whatever string of characters inside a text frame:
asldfjalksdjflkajsfdklasfd
if the character string doesn't fit inside the text frame and the Hyphenate is checked on the Paragraph panel, the string of characters for examples goes:
asldfjalk-
sdjflkajs-
fdklasfd
Let's suppose now that inside this string of characters there is a ; (semicolon):
asldfjalk;sdjflkajsfdklasfd
now on the string of characters do not hyphen, if the text frame is too small it disappears and a red plus sign as usually appears at the bottom right the text frame. So I must enlarge the text frame to see the whole string of characters and if the text frame gets outside the page borders?
Can anyone help me to resolve this?

Hi Henry,
How often will this occur with the copy you have?
If it's only on occasion, then you could just simply insert forced line breaks as needed.
You put in a line break by placing the cursor where you want a break, and hitting shift-return.
Also, if can't see the text because of the long string (all you see is the red plus sign on the text frame), select the text frame and hit ctrl-y (cmd-y on mac) to open the copy in the story editor. Insert the line break as needed, and the copy should then show up in the text frame.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
~Nate

Is Safari Find function flexible? (Search for inner strings of characters?)

I'm running 10.6.8 with Safari Version 5.1.7 (6534.57.2). I see that when you search a web page using the Safari Find function, you can only search for the beginnings of words, not for character strings within the words. Is it possible to expand the Find function's capability to search for inner strings of characters?

use command F or the edit menus to make the page search box visible - click the magnify/arrow icon at the left side of it - choose "contains" or "starts with".

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