On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote:
> the line containing x in y > the word containing x in y > the item containing x in y > ... > > Suddenly, a clear pattern starts to emerge and you can start to see what > you could do if you just add adjectives, and prepositions: > > the last word containing x in y > the first line containing x in y after index 2 > How about: line 1 containing x in y word 47 containing x in y item -3 containing x in y Adding an index allows for a natural english syntax, a clear result, maximum flexibility, and pathological extension, i.e.: word -2 containing "i" in item 14 containing "test" in line 23 containing "index" Another thing to consider is that this method doesn't allow for getting both the line/item/word and the index of it. I don't have a good English syntax for that off the top of my head. This syntax would make it easy to do a more detailed match: line 4 matching "a*b" in y _______________________________________________ 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
