Removing newline at end of string variable.

[technogeezer]

I have a string variable that appears in a flash action like this,

words
two words
three more words

I use variable split to split the above into %tmp, splitting on the word 'two'.  When I flash print %tmp1, I get the word 'words' but the flash container is twice as tall as usual which looks to me like it has a blank line.

I have tried variable search replace on \n, \x0a and every other variation I can think of.  Does anyone know if carriage returns can be removed and if so, what the correct syntax is?

Sorry if this has a really simple answer or has been answered previously.

Thanks

[Rich D]

You can just split on the CR and that will eliminate all of them. You need to set a local variable to the CR and then use that variable as the splitter.

[Bob Hansen]

Or you could use variable search replace like this:

Variable Search Replace:[ %tmp Search:.+   Store matches in: %result ]

Flash %result1

The .+ will match all characters except line breaks.

[technogeezer]

Rich D, thanks for your response.

However, I tried this,

variable set %tcr to \n
variable split name %input Splitter %tcr
flash %input1

This did not work.  The split did not occur.

[Rich D]

To make the splitter you just go into the text field of the variable set and press a CR.

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[Bob Hansen]

Don't use \n use the actual "enter" key.

[technogeezer]

Thanks, Bob Hanson.  That worked.

[technogeezer]

Thanks, Rich D.  That worked as well.