I'm not sure I get it Malte. If you already know which line your target is on, then just limit the chunk expression to that line.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:51 AM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > Malte. > > > Just so. Too fast on keyboard, too slow in brain. How about this: > > > > on mouseUp > put fld 1 into temp > get the number of chars of word 1 to 8 of temp -- first char > answer it & "," & the number of chars of word 8 of temp + it > end mouseUp > > > Craig > > > > Will hilite the first b instead of the one > on line 3. > > @Mark: charIndex does not appear to be working on the templateField. > And of course it is slower in 7… :-( > > 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 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Malte Brill <revolut...@derbrill.de> > To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 10:03 am > Subject: Something like charIndex, but in a variable... > > > Hi all, > > thanks for the replies so far. > > The problem with both matchChunk and > offset are, that they will return the first occurance of the literal. So > in a > text like this: > > > orange banana tomato > banana tomato orange > tomato banana > orange > > on mouseUp > local temp,tChar > put fld 1 into temp > put offset(char > 1 of word 2 of line 3 of temp,temp) into tChar > set the backcolor of char > tChar of fld 1 to "red" > end mouseUp > > Will hilite the first b instead of the one > on line 3. > > @Mark: charIndex does not appear to be working on the templateField. > And of course it is slower in 7… :-( > > 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
