listchars
Breaks a string of text into separate characters.
[listchars Chars]Some Text[/listchars]Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| chars | (Required) string of text to break up. |
| from | (Optional) Sets the direction the 'chars' string is parsed. Default is 'START'. If set to 'END' , characters will be listed starting from the end of the 'chars' string, to the beginning. |
| start | (Optional) Sets the start posotion, in the 'chars' string, from which to list the characters. If not specified, characters will be listed starting from the first position in the string. If the 'From' parameter is set to 'END', the 'start' position is relative to the end of the 'chars' string. |
| end | (Optional) Sets the end posotion, in the 'chars' string, from which to stop listing the characters. If not specified, characters will be listed starting from the 'start' position, and up to the last position in the string. If the 'From' parameter is set to 'END', the 'last' position is relative to the end of the 'chars' string. |
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| [index] | A number from 1 to the total number of chars in the text indicating the iteration index. |
| [char] | The current character of the 'chars' string being iterated. |
| [position] | The current character position. The position is '1' based, and is relative to the start of the 'chars' string, unless the from parameters is set to 'END', in which case 'position' is relative to the end of the 'chars' string. |
| [break] | From version 8.1, if the [listchars] context sees the [break] tag while executing a loop, it will stop looping, once it finishes the current loop. Thus the [break] tag should only appear in a [showif] statement that is evaluated at the end (bottom) of the loop. |
To display a list of all the separate characters in a string, use a [listchars] context.
Example WebDNA code:
Example result
The following parameters are used in the [listchars] context:
Example WebDNA code:
Example result
Example WebDNA code:
Example WebDNA code:
[listchars chars=WebDNA 6.0]
[index]: [char]
[/listchars]Example result
1: W
2: e
3: b
4: D
5: N
6: A
7:
8: 6
9: .
10: 0
The following parameters are used in the [listchars] context:
Example WebDNA code:
[listchars chars=1234567890.abcdefg&start=4&end=10&from=end] Character at string position [position] = '[char]'
[/listchars]Example result
Character at string position 4 = 'd'
Character at string position 5 = 'c'
Character at string position 6 = 'b'
Character at string position 7 = 'a'
Character at string position 8 = '.'
Character at string position 9 = '0'
Character at string position 10 = '9
This contest is more powerful than it looks; you can use it as a [loop] and introduce other contexts in it. See the example below
Example WebDNA code:
[listchars chars=abcdefg&start=1&end=7]
[append db=base.db]ref=[position]&character=[char][/append]
[/listchars][getchars] or [listchars] have never been multi-byte capable. The code assumes every character is a single byte. We produce a multi-byte capable version of [listchars] and [getchars]. They are named differently, [mblistchars] and [mbgetchars]. This way they don't mess up existing sites that aren't expecting them to be used on UTF-8