Joe is giving you tough love.
Check out the "offset" command as well as the "find" command. Note the "chars to skip" parameter. Read about the "foundChunk". If you are really into it, and you should be, try to find several different ways to accomplish your task. Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Miller <gand...@doctortimothymiller.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 5:31 pm Subject: newbie script question re Find command Hiya, I guess I never tried to write a script like this before. Thought it would be simple... Well, it is simple, probably, just not simple in a way that I actually understand. How do I find multiple instances of a string in a given field of a given card and record each foundchunk in a variable, and then stop repeating the find command when the last instance is found? I want to do this in the context of a repeat loop that goes to all the cards in the stack in sequence. Sooo, I also need to know... How do I tell the repeat loop to move on to the next card: - if no instance of the string is found on the card - and - after the last instance of the string is found on the card Hope that's clear. I understand I'll probably want to nest a repeat loop using the find command on each card, with exits when certain conditions are met. I'm choking on the details. I don't need a complete and accurate script. Just the general idea. Thanks in advance. Tim (the world's oldest newbie) _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
