thanks for the info

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I am needing to know the number of folders in a directory, as opposed to the number of files in that directory (using 'Countfiles'). I am using a script upon 'Total Commander' file manager, and need to know if a folder which i have copied contains other folders or just files as i need to work with t...

Thanks for your swift reply.

I assumed it was vb script, now i understand how it is implemented.

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back again -

what then are these so called functions as shown in the Help file >command reference >complex expresions>string functions

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Hi all, my visual basic is real weak and am trying to work out how to use the functions as given in the examples. can't get the following to work function Upper(S: string): string keep getting MS VBScript error :1006 Expected ')' Line 10, Column 17 anyone give me a little script to demonstate it to ...

Thanks for the quick response. I would like to point out that some macro programs have a command to do this (e.g.macromania) . However, I still prefer scheduler for many reasons. Those macro programs that I've tried don't do enough string handling operations and also few involving character codes. I...

Maybe I haven't looked hard enuf, but cannot find a command that extracts a number from a string.
My string may be '5 inch' or '5 cm' and I wish to do calculations with it, so I only need the 5.

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