How about this, assuming the chunk you want is the second word:
on mouseUp put fld 1 into temp answer offset(char 1 of word 2 of temp,temp) answer offset(char (the number of chars of word 2 of temp) of word 2 of temp,temp) end mouseUp Craig -----Original Message----- From: Mark Schonewille <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 8:00 am Subject: Re: Something like charIndex, but in a variable... Hi Malte, If using a field is the only solution, try the templateField. -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com Op 30 apr. 2015 om 10:07 heeft Malte Brill <revolut...@derbrill.de> het volgende geschreven: > Hi all, > > I need to find the start and end character of chuncks in a variable. If we are in a field we can use charIndex for that. However, in a variable I have no good idea on how to do something similar to > > get charIndex(token 7 of line 15 of field „myField“) > > > Any ideas? > > All the best, > > Malte > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
