Having a "," as an item in a list box

[theninjamanz 29]

I am tring to work out how I would specify a ',' as a list box item. As the ',' is used to delimit the list items this is getting quite complicated.

[Seth Turin 223]

hmm that is tricky. from the context, I'll assume that you're creating a choice of punctuation or symbols. one thing you might try is spelling it out, and have the user choose from the spelled out words. you can convert it to the proper symbol later using $replace. it might look like this:

set(#symbol, 
  $replace(
     $replace(
        $replace(#ui variable, "period",".")
     ,"colon",":")
  ,"comma",",")
)

 

 

as an unrelated note, when I eventually add the text scripting, it might look something like that.

[theninjamanz 29]

hmm that is tricky. from the context, I'll assume that you're creating a choice of punctuation or symbols. one thing you might try is spelling it out, and have the user choose from the spelled out words. you can convert it to the proper symbol later using $replace. it might look like this:

set(#symbol, 
  $replace(
     $replace(
        $replace(#ui variable, "period",".")
     ,"colon",":")
  ,"comma",",")
)

 

 

 

 

as an unrelated note, when I eventually add the text scripting, it might look something like that.

 

Wow that is messy. I think I'll probably use an IF to cover the ',' and just give the use to choose the other options.

 

Thanks for this though.

[Enigma 78]

I am tring to work out how I would specify a ',' as a list box item. As the ',' is used to delimit the list items this is getting quite complicated.

 

You can change the delimiter in your settings, just change it to |

[Seth Turin 223]

You can change the delimiter in your settings, just change it to |

 

that's not actually correct. the delimiter in preferences refers to csv files.

[Enigma 78]

that's not actually correct. the delimiter in preferences refers to csv files.

 

Oops...

[theninjamanz 29]

Oops...

 

No harm done

[Frank 177]

Normally you can ignore a delimiter such as a ',' in a csv by encapsulating the column data in ""'s. Maybe the same applies here. Once a " is captured, then the ',' is ignored until the closing " is found.

 

Frank

[IRobot 43]

I like your logic, Frank.

 

If you mean that you could encapsulate each UI list item (or all) with speech marks, in order to display a comma in the list, then unfortunately this will not work.