Here is one simple way, assuming you have control over the word list:
-- one-time prep - optimize list for searching
local sMyWordList
put url ("file:" & tPathToMyWords) into sMyWordList
put tab before sMyWordList
replace CR with (tab & CR & tab) in sMyWordList
replace slash with (tab & slash & tab) in sMyWordList
put tab after sMyWordList
-- at search time
set the wholeMatches to true -- not really required since we're including
delimiters in the search string
put lineOffset(tab & tWord & tab, sMyWordList) into tWordLineNumber
Phil Davis
On 4/9/12 5:40 PM, John Dixon wrote:
The 'lineOffset' function will be your friend here...
Dixie
A straightforward question, I think.
I have a list of 5 tab-delimited items per line. Each item can be
either a single word or a group of words separated by a "/".
Example:
abide abode/abided abode/abided/abidden abides abiding
alight alit/alighted alit/alighted alights alighting
arise arose arisen arises arising
awake awoke awoken awakes awaking
be was/were been is being
What I want my script to do is find which line contains an exact match
to a given item.
For example:
-- "is", on line 5
-- "alighted", on line 2
All I can think of is to use brute force and go thru the list item by item.
Maybe with "wholematches" or such, there's some faster way?
Thank you.
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