Think I will try something like this.
Test to see if the word, as a string, is in the text.
If so, then strip out all characters not between "a" and "z" or "A" and "Z"
and then check to see if the stripped-down word is the same as the test word.
That way I will find "time" even if it appears as "(time)" or "time." or
"time," or with quotes on either side, etc.
I wonder what algorithm LC uses in "Find word(s)" to find only words.
Jim Hurley
> Thanks Bob, Good thought, but it still doesn't work.
>
> The script:
>
> on mouseUp
> put "now is the time, for all good men." into tText
> set wholematches to true
> --set wholematches to false
> put wordOffset("time", tText) into temp1
> put wordOffset("time," , tText) into temp2
> end mouseUp
>
> shows 0 for temp1 and 4 for temp2. The comma in "time," is need to get a
> match.
>
> What I need is
>
> put wordOffset("time", "Now is the time, for all good men.")
>
> to show 4 when wholeMatches is true
>
> It appears that there is no way in LiveCode to find whole words in a variable
> reliably.
>
> Wish there were.
>
> Jim Hurley
>
>
>
>> From: Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>
>> Subject: Re: is among the words AND find words
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>> 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
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