Split a Fraction into Words?

[cmhjon]

Hi all,

Suppose I have "9/32" in a text field (the field could contain one of MANY other mathematical fractions). Via script, I want to separate it into parts. This is the script I have:

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on mouseUp
   set the itemDelimiter to "/"
   answer word 1 of field "Test"
end mouseUp

It still answers "9/32" so how can I split the fraction into two words/parts/chunks (not sure what the proper word is here) so that "9" is one word and "32" is another word? My intention is to use the textShift property to make the fraction look more like a (diagonal) fraction:



If there is a better way to do this, I am all ears.

Thank you,
Jon

[Opaquer]

Hi Jon

I'm not sure if there's a better way, and I'm not at my computer so can't test things out, but immediately off the top of my head, I'd recommend saving the text of field "Test" into some variable, and then using the split function - something like:

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put the text of field "Test" into testVar
split testVar by "/"
answer testVar[1] & " over & " testVar[2]

(note, I can't check but I think the text of field "Test" should do the trick, but I can never remember )

The split function then converts it into an array that gets split at whatever you tell it to - in this case, "/"!

As I said, there's probably better ways to do it, and I'm sure there's an even better way I'm not thinking of because I'm not at my laptop, but this is the first thing that came to mind

Good luck - see how it goes!

[elanorb]

Hi Jon,

Words are always separated by one or more spaces, tabs, or returns, or enclosed by double quotes. What you need to do here is use "item".

You are already setting the itemDel to "/" so all you need to do is use item instead of word.

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on mouseUp
   set the itemDelimiter to "/"
   answer item 1 of field "Test"
end mouseUp

I hope that helps.

Elanor

[cmhjon]

Hi Elanor,

Thank you so much! That did the trick!

Best regards,
Jon

[elanorb]

Great! Glad I could help

[dunbarx]

Write it as a function of the fraction of interest:

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function changeToWords tFraction
set the itemDel to "/"
put "one two three four five six seven eight nine" into tWords
return word item 1 of tFraction of tWords && "over" && word item 2 of tFraction of tWords
end changeToWords

Craig