I want to match a chunk exactly with replace

[Da_Elf]

I thought wholematches would work but it doesnt. I only want to remove "1" which shows up twice

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on mouseUp
   put "22,34,12,1,121,1" into list
   set the wholematches to true
   replace "1" with "" in list
   replace ",," with "," in list
   if the last char of list is "," then delete the last char of list
   answer list
end mouseUp

[[-hh]]

You could try this.

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on mouseUp
  filter items of "22,34,12,1,121,1" without "1" into lst
  answer lst
end mouseUp

[Klaus]

Hi Da_Elf,

I might repeat myself, but the dictionary is your friend!
About "Wholematches":
...
Specifies whether the lineOffset, wordOffset, and itemOffset functions search only for entire lines, words, or items.
...
No mention of "replace".

Do this:

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on mouseUp
   put "22,34,12,1,121,1" into tList
   set the wholematches to true
   put empty into tNewList
   repeat for each item tItem in tList
      if itemoffset(tItem,tNewList) = 0 then
         put tItem & "," after tNewList
      end if
   end repeat
   delete  char -1 of tNewList
   answer tNewList
end mouseUp

In LC it is often faster to create a new list than modify an existing list!


Best

Klaus

[Da_Elf]

both great answers. thanks guys.