Not sure if wholeMatches affects the find command, but if you set wholeMatches to true and then use wordOffset("time",field "myField") then I think you will get the results you are looking for. wordOffset() returns 0 when it fails to find a match.
Bob On Dec 20, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: > If the sentence: > > "Now is the time, for all good men." > > is within the field "myField" , then > > find word "time" in field "myField" > > is successful. The word "time" is found despite the fact that it is not > delimited with spaces on either side. > > But > > "time" is among the words of "Now is the time, for all good men." > > returns false, since "is among the words" reads the comma after "time". It > requires the spaces on either side of "time" as delimiters. > > Has this come up before and has it been suggest that this be an enhancement? > > That is to say, it would be helpful if "is among the words" and "find > word(s)" behave the same with respect to the space delimiter. > > Or am I missing something? > > Jim Hurley > _______________________________________________ > 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