Why not just use is among the items?
Bob S
> On Nov 14, 2022, at 04:51 , jbv via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I have a variable with a content of 3 lines as follows :
> 1 sombre brun profond
> 2 flou incertain
> 3 inexploré mystérieux inconnu
>
> The separator between words is tab.
> I want to check if a certain word is among the items as a whole.
>
> The following script returns "6" :
> set itemdel to tab
> set the wholematches to false
> put itemoffset("incertain",myVar)
>
> The following script returns "0" :
> set itemdel to tab
> set the wholematches to true
> put itemoffset("incertain",myVar)
>
> The following script returns "7" :
> set itemdel to tab
> set the wholematches to true
> replace return with tab in myVar
> put itemoffset("incertain",myVar)
>
> Scripts 1 & 3 are logical, but any logical explanation
> for the result of script 2 ? Does it mean that the return
> char after the word is considered as part of the word ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> jbv
>
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