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Reply to a similar function to INSTR returns locations of string matches using wildcards

by Stuart McLachlan

Unless it actually a titan arum ...
- Channel: Programming
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Reply to a similar function to INSTR returns locations of string matches using wildcards

by Michael Mattias

That which we call a rose......
- Channel: Programming
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Reply to a similar function to INSTR returns locations of string matches using wildcards

by Stuart McLachlan

"Fencepost errors" are actually a subset of "off by one" errors.

In this case it was a OBO but not a fencepost....
- Channel: Programming
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Reply to Precision Timer

by Stuart McLachlan

Exactly!
I don't care that my car has a top speed of 160kph. I need to know how long it will take to drive from A to B under "normal"...
- Channel: Programming
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Reply to Precision Timer

by David Roberts

Correct, the more accurate the results will be to a theoretical value.

Incorrect.

Is a Jim Fritts premise.

My premise...
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Reply to a similar function to INSTR returns locations of string matches using wildcards

by Michael Mattias

"off by one" is - or was - called a "fencepost error."

Regardless what you call it, anyone here who says they never...
- Channel: Programming
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Reply to a similar function to INSTR returns locations of string matches using wildcards

by Stuart McLachlan

Yep, the "off by one" meant no match if the search string was at the very end of the target. We stopped one character too early in the main...
- Channel: Programming
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Reply to a similar function to INSTR returns locations of string matches using wildcards

by Mike Doty
Source code at: https://forum.powerbasic.com/forum/u...xpr#post796846

Good job. That also fixed b?own cow
Code:
```
FUNCTION PBMAIN ()
```
...
- Channel: Programming
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Reply to a similar function to INSTR returns locations of string matches using wildcards

by Stuart McLachlan

Sigh! You've found an "off by one error'.in the main loop. I've fixed that one as well in the Source Code Forum.

Next? ...
- Channel: Programming
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