Loop through a string in PowerBuilder -

first of all, i'm noob @ powerbuilder , can't seem find how anywhere.

i have been give task of rewriting application @ work. boss wants new application mimic old 1 as possible, leads question. there date field allow date input separated tilde (01/01/15~01/31/15) , uses beginning date , end date between sql statement.

with being said, trying same thing in powerbuilder 12.6 classic. know can accomplish same thing using 2 date pickers (begin date , end date), boss wants transition seamless possible end users.

i have sle_date_shipped on form takes in date format of mm/dd/yy , process it, want allow mm/dd/yy~mm/dd/yy , parse out begin , end date. pseudo code this:

int string s string start_date string end_date  if this.textsize > 8    s = this.text(value of position in string)    start_date = s + s    if this.text = "~"       s = s + 1       s = this.text(value of position in string)       end_date = s + s    end if     this.textsize + 1 else    start_date = this.text end if 

i realize pseudo code needs work, i'm trying point across.

thanks

don't loop...

string ls_start, ls_end ls_start = left( this.text, pos( this.text, '~' ) - 1) ls_end   = right( this.text, len( this.text) - pos( this.text, '~')) 

-paul horan-