On Aug 27, 2004, at 5:21 AM, Jeni Tennison wrote:
If that's not what you're after, show us the XML of some more examples
and try to put the algorithm that you want into English or
pseudo-code.
It is basically. I'll see if I can figure out how to move it into a
function (as the other posters did) that I can call from different
places, and at some point I need to get it closer to the below (much
more complex, it seems) example.
A real world algorithm from the Chicago Manual of Style, in English:
FIRST NUMBER SECOND NUMBER EXAMPLES
1-99 use all digits 3-10, 71-72,
96-117
100 or multiples use all digits 100-104,
of 100 1100-1113
101-109 use changed part only 101-8,
201-209, etc. 1103-4
110 through 199 use two or more digits 321-28,
210-299, etc. as needed 498-532,
1087-89
But, if three digits change 1496-1504
in a four-digit number, 2787-2816
use all four
Ugh ... what a PITA!
I don't expect anyone to actually figure this out for me suffice to say!
Bruce