mid-function not working (i did something wrong)

Haroldd · February 10th, 2004, 09:37 AM

Hi,

i've put together this nice piece of code:

Code:

strTempContent="<table><tr><td>testje</td></tr></table>"

response.write strTempContent&"<br>"

do while ((instr(1,strTempContent,"<")<>0) and (instr(1,strTempContent,">")<>0))
    posBegin=instr(1,strTempContent,"<")
    posEnd=instr(1,strTempContent,">")
    string1=mid(strTempContent,posBegin,posEnd)
    %><script>alert('<%=strTempContent%>' + ' --- ' + <%=posBegin%>+' - '+<%=posEnd%> + ' --- ' + '<%=string1%>')</script><%
    strTempContent=replace(strTempContent,string1,"")
loop

The purpose of the script is to filter the html-tags out of the variable "strTempContent". This works fine for the first 3 tags (<table><tr><td>), but then it suddenly wants to replace the following tag: "</td></tr><" instead of "</td>". i really don't get it because the mid-function is called with these arguments: mid("testje</td></tr></table>",7,11). this should return "</td>" and not "</td></tr><". What am i missing??

Greetz,

Harold

Jonax · February 10th, 2004, 09:43 AM

The parametres of mid aren't begin and end, but begin and length...

So this:
mid("testje</td></tr></table>",7,11)

Should be this:
mid("testje</td></tr></table>",7,5)

Haroldd · February 10th, 2004, 09:50 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Jonax
The parametres of mid aren't begin and end, but begin and length...

So this:
mid("testje</td></tr></table>",7,11)

Should be this:
mid("testje</td></tr></table>",7,5)

i'm very ashamed now

but thanks a lot :)

kosla78 · February 11th, 2004, 04:58 AM

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Cheers

Kostas Lagos