[ic] how to get number of characters in a string?

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Caleb Phillips)]

On Sun, 2002-09-08 at 13:30, Philip S. Hempel wrote:
> I was attempting to find a way to
> determine the number of characters that
> are in a string.
> 
> I am making a templete and was passing
> a variable to title-bar and wanted to
> not use the width that came from the
> table push. I want to add 10 more
> points to the width (or however many
> I choose).
> 
> [calc]
>                  my $n = [control 
> title_bar];
>  
> $Scratch->{title_bar_width} = int( $n + 
> 10 );
>                  return;
> [/calc]
> 
> 
> [title-bar [scratch title_bar_width] 3 
> green]<center>[control 
> title_bar]</center>[/title-bar]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I grabbed this from some other component
> and ussed it as a foundation.
> 
> I knew from the start this is wrong
> but I don't know of any tag that would
> do this and thought at least this would
> begin what I was looking for.

somthing like this perhaps?


this would calc length+10;

[calc]
	my $len = length([control title_bar]);
	$Scratch->{title_bar_width} = $len + 10;
	return;
[/calc]

this would actually make it 10 longer...

[calc]
	my $title_bar = [control title_bar];
	for(my n = 10; n--; n>=0){
		$title_bar .= ' ';
	}
	return $title_bar;
[/calc]
> 
> Thanks
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> 	    Philip S. Hempel
> 
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