How do I filter a string including empty entries?
NOTE:
In 3ds Max 8 and higher, a keyword parameter splitEmptyTokens: can be passed to the filterString function to perform this kind of filtering.
A user asked:
The filterString function does not return empty entries. For example, if I am filtering
by tabs a string containing two tabs in a row, no empty entry will be returned.
For example,
filterString "One\t\tThree Four,,Five ""\t, " #("One", "Three", "Four", "Five")
Answer:
The following scripted function behaves as requested.
SCRIPTED FUNCTION:
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fn filterString2 theString theDelimiters =
(
theTokens = #() --array of tokens to return
ready = false
while not ready do --repeat until no more delimiters can be found
(
ready = true --raise a flag that we are done
thePosArray = #() --init. an array to hold possible split positions
for i = 1 to theDelimiters.count do --go through all delimiters
(
checkPos = findString theString theDelimiters[i] --check if the delimiter is in the string
if checkPos != undefined do append thePosArray checkPos --if it is, add to the split positions array
) --end i loop
if thePosArray.count > 0 then --if the array has any splitpositions,
(
sort thePosArray --sort the array in ascending order
checkPos = thePosArray[1] --grab the first position
aToken = substring theString 1 (checkPos-1) --take the token from start to the split pos. - 1
append theTokens aToken --add the token to the array of tokens
theString = substring theString (checkPos+1) theString.count --remove the token and the delimiter from the string
ready = false --lower the flag because we are not ready yet
) --end if
) --end while loop
append theTokens theString --add what is left of the string to the array
theTokens --return the array of tokens
)
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filterString2 "One\t\tThree,Four,,Five " "\t,"
#("One", "", "Three", "Four", "", "Five ")
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filterString2 "One\t\tThree Four,,Five " "\t, "
#("One", "", "Three", "Four", "", "Five", "")
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