jobobshishkabob

this is a stupid question, i know....

If i say..

if x==y... i want to set y a side, so i can also keep on saying...
if x==a
if x==b
if x==c....

i want to set them all aside in a side in a list, then after it is done, i want it to display a, b, c, y, etc....

how would i do that?

Master

i don't understand your question

jobobshishkabob

ok... i was afraid i didnt word it properly....

ok so i have some random letters...
atcgatcatcatc and
acatatcgagacatc
(for example, the ones i will be using are much longer)

i know this isnt the most efficient way, but i want to say like

x(1)=atcg
x(2)=catc
y=acat
a=catc
z=atcg

and i want to say...

(x meens x(1) or x(2))
if x=y, then set y aside... if x does not = y, then ignore
if x=a, then set a aside... if x does not = a, then ignore
if x=z, then set z aside... if x does not = z, then ignore

in this case, the program will have set a and z aside because a(catc)=x(2) and z(atag)=x(1)... and y would be ignored becuase it =s neither x(1) or x(2)...

now i want it to go to a new page and display in a list all of the things it set aside.... so it would display

Both contained:
atag
catc

i hope you understood that.... sorry for the confusion

bigguy

I still dont understand

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Jimbo

So you just want to parse some long strings and look for certain shorter substrings, while recording any strings that match the search string? And in your example, are y, a, and z each a possible random string that could be of arbitrary length?

Maybe more to the point, do you have any code?

Master

I think he want to split the text, since he did something like this
str = atcgatcatcatc
str.split('at')

DaWei

Frankly, if you can't express yourself clearly to a human, how do you expect to express yourself clearly to your machine? It's a lot less able to draw inferences. All of your respondents are trying to read your mind, and that doesn't work really, really well. Think out your problem, precisely what you want and need to do, and try to formulate it in programming language terms. "i want to set them all aside in a side in a list." Say that out loud to yourself and see if you "get it."

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babbling

Do you mean something like this?

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boraciner

you can use switch-case loop....

switch( )
{

case ? : ............... break;
case ? : ............... break;
case ? :............... break;

}

OpenLoop

Switch() is not a loop, it is a logic control structure. But it is a good idea to use it if you have multiple values for one variable.