i want a unique code of 3 alphanumeric text from a artistic text lines for example
parag PAR
corel8 CR8
coreldraw-x6 CX6
etc
Can you define what that 'proper unique name' must be? Do you expect to recognize the 'father' text in that unique names? Like Corel 8 to be CR8 and coreldraw-x6 to be CX6? If yes, I'm afraid there is not any automation able to help you on that issue... You must make this association manually and after that to find the 'brand name' on the page and according to that to insert the corespondent 'unique' name wherever you need. Is that a matter of thousands? Eventually the application will check if the three character name chosen by you is really unique for the necessary range and in case it is not, to worn you in order to choose another one. What about the case when more then one brand will be found? Isn't that be possible?
Hi, the good news first: this is totally possible. It's not even that complicated to code. The bad news is: You'll have to figure out your abbreviation algorithm by yourself. No one can help you with that, as the abbreviations you are using in your examples are following no logical pattern. It is up to you to find a logical pattern that fits your needs - since this is what you need to take care of before coding a single line. If you figured that out, the community here might be able to help you with some code examples of the HOW.
Edit: btw. those restrictions you are talking about (needs to be recognizable by ancestor text AND only have 3 characters), are pretty limiting . You need to get rid of them if you want to have a minor chance of success. For example: You are abbreviating software. Let's say the software starts with C and has a version number. This limits you to potentially 36 (characters and numbers) * 10 (numbers) = 360 different abbreviations. And this is not taking any further resemblance into account.
Lets say you want to abbreviate CorelDraw X6, CorelDesigner X6 and CorelDraw 6.0 - how are you gonna solve that? Good luck with that, as long as you keep your restrictions the way they are.
Like most of us explained it is easy to find a three digits 'code' JUST in order to be unique but not to give it a signification to logically link them by their 'father'. You answered to my question saying that this three characters abbreviation MUST HAVE a signification for the one looking at it! How do you say now that "they just should be different from other"? Don't you understand the difference? If you know what are saying, you already have a piece of code doing that... Posted by NudeFan. Since you are limited only by the area, maybe you can use a smaller font...