Insert string into string at random position

[SparkOut]

Nah... no winners or losers. Just a bit of fun, but a kind of game while mentioning something useful to the op. Maybe.

[bogs]

I think we are all winners in this, but your right about it being a fun game

[redfield]

Thanks guys for your interesting suggestions. I had the same idea as Klaus and meanwhile created this micro function:

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function dice
   return random(2)
end dice

And then put it into an if statement. Great to know that I'm on the right track

[dunbarx]

Hi.

After all the stuff, have you simply:

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put "abcdefgh" into temp
put "X" after char random(9) of temp

And to get much cuter, if you do not know the length of temp:

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put "X" after char random(the length of someTextofInterest) of someTextofInterest

Craig

[redfield]

Yes but here again the problem is, that "X" will never be placed at the very beginning of the target string. I am looking for a solution that includes a possible placement at the beginning or the very end of the target string.

[Klaus]

Yes but here again the problem is, that "X" will never be placed at the very beginning of the target string. I am looking for a solution that includes a possible placement at the beginning or the very end of the target string.

We already solved your problem on the first page!

[redfield]

Yes but here again the problem is, that "X" will never be placed at the very beginning of the target string. I am looking for a solution that includes a possible placement at the beginning or the very end of the target string.

We already solved your problem on the first page!

No doubt on that! I was replying to Craig's last post

[Klaus]

Yes but here again the problem is, that "X" will never be placed at the very beginning of the target string. I am looking for a solution that includes a possible placement at the beginning or the very end of the target string.

We already solved your problem on the first page!

No doubt on that! I was replying to Craig's last post

Oops, sorry for that.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Is the issue that the "random" function, as it stands, will not return a "O"? So that you can never:

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put "X" after char 0 of yourText"

But that is a minor issue, and one that we all deal with daily. You sometimes have to tweak the native tongue:

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on mouseUp
   put "abcde" into temp
   put "X" after char random(the length of temp) - 1 of temp
   put temp into fld 1
end mouseUp

Now this solves the problem of placing the "X" at the very beginning, but has its own issue. Do you see what that is? Do you see how to fix it? Sometimes one tweak needs another.

Sorry, Jacque, cannot resist.

Craig

[dunbarx]

I can feel Jacque's glare.

OK, OK. Fine. Make a field 1 somewhere. Put this in a button script.

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on mouseUp
   put "abcde" into temp
   put random(the length of temp) + 1 into  index
   if index - the length of temp = 1 then put "0" into index
   put "X" after char index of temp
   put temp into fld 1
end mouseUp

Sheesh.

Craig

[SparkOut]

Erm, if you put the + 1 inside the parentheses so that the random pool is enlarged, then you can just subtract 1 from the index and not have to shift the one to zero.

[dunbarx]

@ Sparkout.

Erm, if you put the + 1 inside the parentheses ...

Yep. Cleaner.

@ Redfield. See? There are always fun things to do in LC.

Craig

[redfield]

Hi guys,
thanks again for the enlightment - I didn't realize that one can work with -> char 0 <-. So the latter suggestion seems to be a great solution

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Yep, putting a char after char 0 of a string is the same as putting before the string.

Know also that you can put a char after a negative value. This does not place it on your knees, it places it to the left of the end of the string. So:

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put "abcdefg" into temp
put "X" after char - 3 of temp

gives you "abcdeXfg"

If you go overboard with this, like putting "X" into -250 of that string, it places it at the beginning. Similarly, if you put "X" after char 250 of that string, it places it at the end.

Craig