Substring Replace cuts out part of short strings for no reason

[Tsun]

So I'm using the Substring Replace object, to change a keyword in a string into the contents of a Global String. It's used in my chat system.

It works fine, except for sometimes when there is a short sentence. For example, "XXX: ..." becomes "XXX:", "Mmm..." becomes "M", "Well..." becomes "Wel", "How come?" becomes "How com".

Currently there is only one keyword, and neither that nor the Global String match any of the above strings. It seems to happen in the same places every time, and it removes the same part every time. However, some short strings don't change at all, for example "..." will always be "...". Long sentences never seem to be affected at all. If I remove the Substring Replace event, all the problems disappear.

Any idea why this happens?

[Konidias]

No idea as I have never used the Substring Replace object before... wasn't even aware one existed. Why are you using this instead of just using the string functions in MMF to replace strings?

[MuddyMole]

Example or it didn't happen.

[Tsun]

No idea as I have never used the Substring Replace object before... wasn't even aware one existed. Why are you using this instead of just using the string functions in MMF to replace strings?

I couldn't figure a way to replace a part of a string with something else by using the standard MMF functions.

Example or it didn't happen.

There you go.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32968627/St...placederps.mfa
click the chat box to proceed the dialogue

[happygreenfrog]

Example or it didn't happen.

LOL. Anyway, this is an unusual-sounding issue, possibly a bug in the extension, possibly a bug in Tsun's code.

[Konidias]

Here's an example of replacing a word in the middle of a string.

Not sure it's exactly what you need, but this one doesn't require extensions. Anyway, hope it helps.

replacetextexample.mfa

[MuddyMole]

There you go.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32968627/St...placederps.mfa
click the chat box to proceed the dialogue

Works fine here.
You're just using an outdated version of the extension (the latest is version 2, which has a different icon).

[Alonso]

I think I had this issue once. It's related to the number of characters of the string vs the ones being replaced. If the number of characters of the string being replaced is bigger than the remaining characters, it seems to wrap around the character length for some reason. I think I worked around this by being sure the remaining character count was always bigger than the string being replaced, but it's a silly problem and a silly solution indeed.

[Tsun]

Works fine here.
You're just using an outdated version of the extension (the latest is version 2, which has a different icon).

Whattt
I went to the site to download the thing 2 times to be extra sure I had the new version. Where can I get it then? I downloaded it from here: https://sites.google.com/site/jlnweb...string-replace

The file says it was modified in 2011, but the copyright in the object is 2009. I don't know if I'm using the new one...

I made a new example, here's an .exe of it if you want to see what I'm experiencing: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ingproblem.exe

I think I had this issue once. It's related to the number of characters of the string vs the ones being replaced. If the number of characters of the string being replaced is bigger than the remaining characters, it seems to wrap around the character length for some reason. I think I worked around this by being sure the remaining character count was always bigger than the string being replaced, but it's a silly problem and a silly solution indeed.

That's strange yeah. But thanks, you just gave me an idea that I should've had a long time ago. I just added a bunch of empty spaces after my strings, and that fixed it. I'd rather fix this bug/problem, but this'll work for now.

Here's an example of replacing a word in the middle of a string.

Not sure it's exactly what you need, but this one doesn't require extensions. Anyway, hope it helps.

Oh, thanks! I don't really get how it works at the moment, but I'd highly prefer doing this without extensions, so I'll look into it when I get some time.

[MuddyMole]

Whattt
I made a new example, here's an .exe of it if you want to see what I'm experiencing: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ingproblem.exe

What am I missing?

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