How to read the text from Edit1 word-by-word?

I would do it like this.

Make a function Translate(const S : String); that translates the word.

In the Button1 OnClick event you write the folling code :

const
  Separator = ' ';
var
  S     : String;
  Index : Integer;
begin
  S := Edit1.Text;
  Index := Pos(S,Separator);
  while Index > 0 do
    begin
      Memo1.Lines.Add(Translate(Copy(S,1,Index-1)));
      Delete(S,1,Index);
      Index := Pos(S,Separator);
    end;
  // Now there could be a last word
  If Trim(S) <> '' then
    Memo1.Lines.Add(Translate(S)));

what should this result in? a translator? which translates "no comment" to "nein kommentar"? that would be quite stupid, don't you agree?

and the parser lecossois wrote wouldn't work either.
look at: Index := Pos(S, Separator);
well.
in this case, it should be: Index := Pos(Separator, S);

(i don't believe the function would be able to find the passed parameter string (s) at any index within the separator (' '). it's more the other way round, isn't it?)

bye,

Black Death.

Ok, ok, I admit that I switched the Pos parameters.  But I don't have Delphi here at work, so I can't check what I write.  I definitely should be more careful when writing examples.

The fact that you don't consider this an interesting problem is irrelevant, because programmers are not allowed to question the specifications, are they (well, at least not in my company).

Greetings.

lecossois:
no offence meant.
i didn't say this won't be interesting.
i'm just of the opinion that it wouldn't make too much sense to translate phrases word-by-word.
a translator which works fairly usable would mean _lotsa_ mindwork, indeed quite an interesting task...

bye,

Black Death.

Backdeath, no offence taken.  I agree completely with your point.

Rozanek, is your problem part of a larger problem ?  Maybe there is a much better way of doing things.

Lecossois.

Backdeath, no offence taken.  I agree completely with your point.

Rozanek, is your problem part of a larger problem ?  Maybe there is a much better way of doing things.

Lecossois.

This is no solution. I would like to make this: When the user write some sentence (for example "Good Morning, sir.") in Edit1 and press the Button1, in Memo1 will be this text appear: "Guten Morgen, Herr".
How to make this? I have no experience with Buffers or making functions.

just comment ... :)

if you no experience with buffers or making functions
try to cut and paste 'leccosois' answer, is easy way ...  :)

Eum.. if you want to make a translation programm
Then If I was you,I would concentrate me more on the database
you will use =) .. start overtyping your dictionary now ... !


Sk

ow.. almost forgot:

for X:=1 to tembbox1.lines.count {- 1}  //not sure do
 edit2.text := edit2.text+' '+tempbox1.lines[x {-1}]

It's parser problem.
In overall cases you must use lexical analizators (LEX for example).
I usially make my parsers.
After lexical analizators mabe you interesting by syntaxis
analizators :-).

Looking specification (writing for stdin and stdout):

%{
uses LexLib;
var words : array [1..100] of string;
    pos : word;
%}
%%
[a-zA-Z]+      begin
                words[pos]:=yytest;  
                inc(pos);
                end;
            |
\n            ;

%%

var i : Integer;

begin
  pos := 1;
  if yylex=0 then;
  for i := 1 to 100 do
       writeln(Words[i]);
end.

For Skatan187: Thank you for solution. It's an easy way to make a translator in Delphi!

Hey.. thx =)