On Oct 12, 2014, at 7:51 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> I think I'd just make a copy of the text in a variable, delete all the > quotes, and count the words. After you get the count, discard the variable. > You don't need to reconstruct it. Oh, how very sensible! I retract all my comments fumbling around with curly-quotes and replacing quotes. You might also want to replace tabs and returns with spaces before counting. Punctuation too if you want. Jacque has a lovely talent for seeing simple solutions. I have an unfortunate obsession with saving bytes from ye olden days. .Jerry _______________________________________________ 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
