put "THIS*FIND" into tTarget put “abcdefghijkTHISISMYTEXTTOFINDlmnopqrstuvwxyz” into tLargeTextString
put tLargeTextString into pText — Adding your code here Mark: put ".*THIS.*FIND.*" into tTarget filter pText with regex pattern tTarget into tFilteredTextResult answer "tFilteredTextResult = " & tFilteredTextResult yields: tFilteredTextResult = "abcdefghijkTHISISMYTEXTTOFINDlmnopqrstuvwxyz” So what did it filter? It’s the same string I started with. Rick > On Mar 12, 2022, at 3:43 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > or > put ".*THIS.*FIND.*" into tTarget > filter pText with regex pattern tTarget into tFilteredTextResult _______________________________________________ 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
