You could also use matchChunk with a regular expression that excludes the tab character.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 21, 2021, at 7:14 AM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Ah yes indeed, I’d forgotten I could test with 'put not(tab)’ in the message > box - that certainly proves the syntax was wrong! :-) > Best, > Keith > >>> On 21 Jan 2021, at 10:49, Dick Kriesel via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 21, 2021, at 2:34 AM, Keith Clarke via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> I was just keen to understand why offset wasn’t happy with the ‘not(tab)’ >>> in this instance. >> >> expression "not(tab)" evaluates to true, which doesn’t serve your purpose >> >> — Dick >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
