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Why won't $tab1 work like $tab2?? what am i doing wrong???

The parameters that are sent with the identifier are delimited by commas, meaning in the following example:

$identifier(this is a test, and so is this)

$1 = this is a test
$2 = and so is this
$0 = 2

This means that in your tab2 alias, there will only be 1 iteration, since it says while $N.

An easy fix is to tokenize the incoming parameters: tokenize 59 $1

Btw why are you using $instok with 0 as destination position? You know that appends it to the end, right?

Also why are you looping?

alias tab return $replace($1,;,$chr(9))

Greets

replace 0 with %p ?

alias tab return $iif($1,$replace($1,;,$chr(9)),$chr(9))

Replacing 0 with %p doesn't make any difference, since it will also add it to the end, because you are doing an incremental loop.

[quote] alias tab return $replace($$1,;,$chr(9))
some how it don't work like i want it too..

Ok let's go over this.

Your original code samples showed this:

$tab --> returns a tab
$tab(params;params;params) --> returns a tab delimited list instead of ; delimited list, meaning $tab(a;b;c) turns into a<tab>b<tab>c

Isn't that what you want?

That's what my above alias does anyways, be more specific please.

Greets

on a mdx listview


$tab2 works.. but not $tab1. basically i want it to seperate the title's for the listview. even when i change $tab1 to work with $chr(44) and not $chr(59) it still won't work.

EDIT: Wait a min, tab2 works but not tab1? Eh?

It should be the other way round, tab 2 is the one working incorrectly for me.

*confused*

Nevertheless, regarding the changing from 59 to 44:

I take it you didn't read my first reply carefully.

The whole point is: the parameters you specify in an alias are delimited by commas.

Meaning $tab(a,b,c) sends to the tab alias 3 parameters:

$1 = a
$2 = b
$3 = c

and $0 = 3 and $1- = a b c (see how there are no more commas? that's because a comma is a delimiter)

Meaning $tab(a;b;c) sends to the tab alias 1 parameter:

$1 = a;b;c

with $0 = 1 and $1- = a;b;c

Do you see what I mean? Looping with "while $N" is futile, since there is only 1 parameter, so you have to tokenize 59 $1 to make it work like you want to.

//tokenize 59 a;b;c --> will give as tokens: $1 = a, $2 = b, $3 = c

Greets

Look, I took both your aliases and tested them:

$tab1(a;b;c) gives a<tab>b<tab>c
$tab2(a;b;c) gives a;b;c

This is all normal behaviour like I tried to point out to you.

I cannot understand that you say tab1 isn't working, since tab1 is the only alias out of the two that changes the ; to a tab.

Btw you still havent said what exactly you want. Yea you told me that it's for a listview, but that has no meaning for me since I don't use mdx, although I can imagine that you simply want tabs between your text so that they are put in the right column.

From what I see, you want to replace tokens delimited by a ; to tokens delimited by tabs, so that they are added to your list correctly.

Meaning $tab(column1;column2;column3) changes to column1<tab>column2<tab>column3 and that column1 is added to the first, column2 added to the second, and column3 added to the third column.

Your tab1 alias does this, not tab2.

I can't help you further, sorry.

Edit:

Further testing: Made a window @@, and did //aline @@ $tab1(1;2;3) which added respectively 1 2 3 in 3 seperate columns to the window. So 1 number in 1 column.

With //aline @@ $tab2(1;2;3) it just put the whole string 1;2;3 to the first column.

ok let me do this again.. i changed the code so both works for $chr(44) now. $tab1 still doesn't work like $tab2 does.. what am i doing wrong?

$tab1 -> <tab>
$tab1(hello,world) -> hello<tab>world

*sigh* you still don't understand it, because you put $gettok($1-,%p,44), while I already explained that the comma's are delimiters, and not there when doing $1-

For your code with tokens delimited by ;:

alias tab return $iif($1,$replace($1,;,$chr(9)),$chr(9))

Example: $tab(a;b;c) or $tab

Anyway, tidy posted a solution that lets you use the regular comma as delimiter, so use that.

Greets