Offset? Bob S
> On Jul 26, 2023, at 10:02 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > If I have some text in a field, I can use the "charIndex" property (see > Dictionary) to obtain teh character position of the first character of a > chunk. > > For example, if the field contains: > > The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The lazy dog was named "Oz". > > The lazy dog was a great dog. > > Then there are 3 instances of "lazy dog" > > trueWord 8 to 9 of the field, 11 to 12, and 17 to 18 > > You can also determine that first instance "lazy dog" is in sentence 1 to 1 > (or just sentence 1) of the field, the 2nd is in sentence 2, and the 3rd in > sentence 3 > > And you can determine that the first 2 instances are in paragraph 1 and the > 3rd instance of "lazy dog" is in paragraph 2 (using the trueWord, sentence, > and paragraph chunk types) > > charIndex lets me determine the start of a sentence or paragraph, such as: > > the charIndex of sentence 1 to 1 of fld X --> 1 and the charIndex of sentence > 2 of fld X --> 46 and the charIndex of sentence 3 of fld "X" --> 75 > > the charIndex of paragraph 1 of fld X --> 1 and the charIndex of paragraph 2 > of fld X --> 75 > > My question is, charIndex appear to ONLY work on an actual field object > (visible or invisible). You get execution errors if you try say: > > put the charIndex of word 8 of the text of the templateField > > put the charIndex of word 8 of the templateField > > put the charIndex of word 8 of tVar > > Does anyone know of a clever way to do the equivalent of the charIndex for an > arbitrary chunk expression for a container/variable (i.e. not an actual field > object)? > > _______________________________________________ > 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
