Hi Mike, I think you were looking at the dictionary entry for "words" - the definition for "word" is where it mentions the return/tab.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > From the 6.6.2 dictionary, though that line doesn't mention tab and > return. Its just not handling quoted parts of a string very well it seems. > > > Summary: > Used with the sort command, number function, and is among and is not among > properties to designate space-delimited or quoted parts of a string. Also > used with the find command to search for one or more entire words. > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> > wrote: > > > If that is the case, then word 1 return the correct value, word 2 is > > incorrect. Word boundaries are spaces and there are no spaces so word 1 > > *should* be the whole string and word 2 should be empty. > > > > Bob S > > > > > > On Dec 5, 2014, at 13:42 , dunb...@aol.com<mailto:dunb...@aol.com> > wrote: > > > > word 1 of a string like myProps["cProp"] returns the whole string. Word 2 > > returns"cProp"] > > > > Since cProp is enclosed in double quotes I was expecting: > > > > word 1 --> myProps[ > > word 2 --> "cProp" > > word 3--> ] > > > > This is with LC 6.6.2/OSX. > > > > Pete > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
