String Replace at Intervals support

[gjh42]

String Replace at Intervals has been submitted to Free Addons and should be available soon.

This is a coding utility which can be used to modify output strings. For example, you can add a <br /> or classname to every third occurrence of an element for formatting. This can be changed (dynamically, even) without touching the original generator.
There is also a version of the function which can handle single-level arrays as if they were strings, except that the string to be replaced cannot span across array element boundaries.

* You can replace every nth occurrence of a search string with another string.
* You can start replacement at any occurrence of the search string.
* You can start looking for occurrences of the search string at any position in the base string.

[gjh42]

String Replace at Intervals is now available in Free Addons.

[wirefram]

hello

what is the use of this add-on?

thanks

[gjh42]

Probably most commonly, you could add a line break or clearing element at desired intervals to make a plain list of automatically generated items wrap cleanly at every third, fourth or whatever item. Or it could be used to give a different style to the elements that will be first or last in each row of a multi-row listing.

[polygone]

Could this plugin be used to generate "Dynamic" attributes? In other words - based on one attibute selection the next attribute would change to a different name/value (And Price!)
Or would there be a better way to do this?

[gjh42]

No, this would not have anything to do with making attribute dependencies. For that you need javascript that interacts with the code. All this does is manipulate an output string.

[jewelsnpearls]

I've studied this utility thoroughly, but being a newby at this, I can not find how to use it.
My menu is generated by means of the UL-generator, and what I would like is to have a clear:both inserted at the 5th and every following level2 of the menu... but how do I apply this module to do so?

See the pix (the frames are there for me to see what's happening when I change things)

I'm setting up a fixed menu on the home page (it's basically the dropdown menu without the drop down)

I now use 5 categories for testing, but in real life the site will have approx 20 categories.

In this case the Category 5 should be under Category 1;
How do I achieve this with your module?
I have no clue how and where to call it, and where to enter the variables...
Thanks in advance.