Thanks John, not as short and sweet as yours, but I used a little php to get to get the URLS, had to strip out the HTML, still had a little cleaning up to do that I used LC for, so far it's working. I still need to wrap my head around LC.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:27 PM, John Dixon <dixo...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Very simple solution > > on mouseUp > repeat for each word thisWord in fld 1 > if char 1 to 4 of thisWord = "http" then > put thisWord & cr after tempList > end if > end repeat > put tempList > end mouseUp > > > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 14:19:38 -0600 > > Subject: Find all links in fld > > From: shawnlivec...@gmail.com > > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > I'm still struggling with this, so I'm asking for a little help. > > > > I'm trying to extract the links from the field. All the links will start > > the same, but the last 5 digits will be different. > > > > *on* mouseUp > > > > *put* URL "http://mydomainA.com/rss.php" into tURL > > > > *put* tURL into fld "fld1" > > > > *find* string "https://www.domainB.com/show.php?l=0&u=156&id=" in fld > > "fld1" > > > > --- I'll need the whole URL > > https://www.domainB.com/show.php?l=0&u=156&id=xxxx > > > > -- notice the xxxx -- that changes from link to link > > > > *put* the foundText into tFound > > > > *put* tFound into fld "fld2" > > > > *end* mouseUp > > > > > > When I add a repeat it never stops and locks up LC. but I'm still missing > > the xxxx. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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