Re: Insert Character in middle of selection

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From: Shane Stanley
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 22:43

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in article ef98891.-1@WebX.aaQKaf7vad4, Jay Fraser wrote:

> 1) Can somebody explain the myCountItems routine? I've just cut-&-pasted it,
> but I don't understand it.

And I can't see it...
> 
> 2) Why "insertion point -5"? I found it though trial and error, but I don't
> understand the logic.

Insertion point 1 is before character 1, so insertion point 5 is before
chracter 5 -- after character 4.
> 
> 3) Is there a more elegant way to do my error-checking?

Looks OK to me...

-- 
Shane Stanley,  sstanley@myriad-com.com.au

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