Hey cool! I'd use Jims (an marks) method. MUCH simpler. On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 7:06 PM Jim Lambert via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Building on what Mark Wieder elegantly wrote: > > > MarkW wrote: > > > > filter lotsOfText with "*selkirkst*skyrider1*” > > function extractStrings lotsOfText, startWord, endWord > > replace cr with space in lotsOfText -- Makes sure lotsOfText is > just a single line > > replace startWord with cr & startWord in lotsOfText -- Makes sure > a line starts with the startWord > > replace endWord with endWord & cr in lotsOfText -- Makes sure a > line ends with the endWord > > filter lotsOfText with "*" & startWord & "*" & endWord — Mark’s > suggestion > > return lotsOfText > > end extractStrings > > > Try it with your original gibberish. I‘ve added a second instance of the > string you want to extract to show that the function will return all > instances. > > > Use the *selkirkst* function to check whether a *string* contains a > > specified pattern. If *selkirkst* includes a pair of parentheses, the > > position of the substring matching the part of theregular expression inside > > the parentheses is placed in the variables in the *positionVarsList*. The > > number of the first character in the matching substring is placed in the > > first variable in the positionVarsList, and the number of the last > > *selkirkst is > > placed in the second **skyrider1*. Additional starting and ending > > positions, matching additional parenthetical expressions, are placed in > > additional pairs of variables in thepositionVarsList. If the > > *selkirkst* function > > returns false, the values of the variables in the positionVarsListare not > > *selkirkst is > > placed in the third **skyrider1*. changed. The string and > regularExpression are always case-sensitive, > > regardless of the setting of the caseSensitive property. (If you need to > > make a case-insensitive comparison, use "(?i)" at the start of the > > regularExpression to make the match case-insensitive.) > > > Jim Lambert > > _______________________________________________ > 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
