On 2023-07-26 18:02, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 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.
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)?
This should work I think:
function charIndexOfWord pWordIndex, pTarget
delete word pWordIndex to -1 of pTarget
return the number of characters in pTarget + 1
end charIndexOfWord
Deletion of chunks works from the first char that makes up the computed
range, so you are left with all the characters which sit before it.
The index of the character immediately before the start of the specified
word is the just the number of characters which sit before it; and so
the index of the first char of the specified word (which is what
charIndex gives you in a field) is that +1.
The above should work for both +ve and -ve indices, and the obvious
changes will make it work for other string chunks (i.e. change 'Word'
for <chunk>).
Hope this helps!
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
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Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Build Amazing Things
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