Question on comparing fields
Posted: June 16th, 1993, 1:58 pm
Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!sdcsvax!sdics!strub
From: [email protected] (Hank Strub)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Question on comparing fields
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Date: 9 Dec 87 21:22:29 GMT
Organization: Institute for Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
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I want to compare a two word name in a text field to another two
word name in another text field. If they match, delete the name
in the second field.
What's a general way to do this? Find only picks up the first
word, and I don't want to delete Smith, Joan if Smith John happens
to show up.
Also, is there a way to send something (like substitute text) to
the result from a find command?
Thanks,
Hank Strub
Inst. for Cog. Science, UCSD
BITNET: hbstrub@ucsd
USENET: . . .!sdcsvax!sdics!strub
ARPA: [email protected] or strub%[email protected]
From: [email protected] (Hank Strub)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Question on comparing fields
Message-ID:
Date: 9 Dec 87 21:22:29 GMT
Organization: Institute for Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
Lines: 19
I want to compare a two word name in a text field to another two
word name in another text field. If they match, delete the name
in the second field.
What's a general way to do this? Find only picks up the first
word, and I don't want to delete Smith, Joan if Smith John happens
to show up.
Also, is there a way to send something (like substitute text) to
the result from a find command?
Thanks,
Hank Strub
Inst. for Cog. Science, UCSD
BITNET: hbstrub@ucsd
USENET: . . .!sdcsvax!sdics!strub
ARPA: [email protected] or strub%[email protected]