a bit more generic... on mouseUp put "Cat and Dog" into tString
put "and" into tPattern put the length of tPattern -1 into tLengh get offset( tPattern, tString) if IT > 0 then put "*" into char IT to ( IT + tLengh) of tString put tString end mouseUp Thierry ------------------------------------------------ Thierry Douez - http://sunny-tdz.com Maker of sunnYperl - sunnYmidi - sunnYmage _______________________________________________ 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
