Separate a long number into smaller numbers

    winterheartlee
    Mar 04 2011 | 12:00 am
    Hi there I'm trying to figure out a way to split up a long number like 606569 into 60 65 69 I figured it would be a simple task but I've spent hours looking around the forum to no avail. I've been looking at the regexp object, but I really dont understand the syntax for it so I'm not getting the right result :S Pretty sure this will be an easy one for someone. Thanks Lee
    • o s
      Mar 04 2011 | 1:05 am
      hth
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    • MIB
      Mar 04 2011 | 4:02 am
      since regexp gives me nightmares as well (I really ought to learn it one of these days) here is a more Max "friendly" way... sure there are better ones out there.
    • winterheartlee
      Mar 04 2011 | 10:52 am
      Thanks so much guys! Both these ways work perfectly. Lee
    • Peter Castine
      Mar 04 2011 | 1:30 pm
      And here's a way with arithmetic operators only. Modulo is your friend.
      All of the solutions shown have issues with negative values. All also have the possible issue that the two-digit results drop leading zeros. Both of these issues left as an exercise for the reader.
    • Peter Castine
      Mar 06 2011 | 11:34 am
      Oops… wanted to take a look at the first example before posting mine, then lost track of what was on the clipboard. So now I have to recreate the patch. Easily enough done…