Inserting Blanks between Characters

[overrider]

Hello all,

i am trying to format a Text Field with a Claculation, so

Field1::Overrider becomes displayed as Field2: v e r r i d e r

I thought this inside Field2 would do, but it doesnt;

Substitute ( Field1 ; "" ; " " )

Anyone any Idea?

Thanks a lot,

Overrider

[Vaughan]

Yopu'll need to substitute each character (upper and lowercase) in a nested function

...Substitute(Substitute(Field1, "A", "A "), "B", "B ")...

[-Queue-]

You don't specify which version you're using. If it's 6 or lower, you can use a repeating calculation and a valuelist field. If 7, a Custom Function would work.

[Søren Dyhr]

Does it have to be a calculation, couldn't it be an embedded applescript instead??

set aVar to cell 1

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "

set cell 1 to characters of aVar as text

Just an idea!!

--sd

[transpower]

As -Queue- says, you can use a Custom Function. Your profile states that you have version 7, so you could use this Custom Function:

// SeparateCharactersBySpace ( Field ; FieldLength )

// By Ronald W. Satz, Transpower Corporation

// 10-26-2004

// Separate Characters in Field by Space

If ( FieldLength < 1 ; // Condition

"" ; // Exit

// Character and Space are Added (but not if Character is Space)

Choose ( PatternCount ( Left ( Field ; 1 ) ; " " ; Left ( Field ; 1 ) & " " ; "" ) &

SeparateCharactersBySpace ( Right ( Field ; FieldLength - 1 ) ; FieldLength - 1 ) // Recursion

) // If

In the calculation dialog for the field, use the following calculation:

SeparateCharactersBySpace ( Field ; Length ( Field ) )

where Field is your field.