How about something like this:
put "This is a test." into myLine
replace " " with "*" in myLine
put fld 1 into myField
replace ". " with ".#" in myField (note : period + space. use two spaces
if needed)
replace space with "*" in myField
replace "#" with space in myField
if myLine is among the words of myField then return true
Philip Chumbley
I am trying to write a function that returns whether a given phrase exists
in a field as whole words.
e.g.
put "This is a test." into fld 1 (note the punctuation)
whole("This is a tes",fld 1) = FALSE
whole("This is a test",fld 1) = TRUE.
A bit like trying to get the line "This is a tes" is among the words of fld
1 to work (obviously it doesn't), even assuming no punctuation were
involved!
I've returned to this little conundrum many times over the years but have
yet to solve it.
Any offers?
/H
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