Whoops, sorry Phil, replied before I saw your post. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote:
> Hi Jim, > > Try "token" instead of "word" as the chunk you're looking for. It will > work. > > > On 12/20/11 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. >> > > But > "time" is among the tokens of "Now is the time, for all good men." > > returns true. Unfortunately you will have to write your own tokenOffset() > function. :-) > > Phil Davis > > > >> 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<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >> >> > -- > Phil Davis > > PDS Labs > Professional Software Development > http://pdslabs.net > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ 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