Here's a function I use all the time, which may come in handy:
function offsets str, pContainer -- returns a comma-delimited list of all the offsets of str in pContainer -- returns 0 if not found -- note: offsets("xx","xxxxxx") returns "1,3,5" not "1,2,3,4,5" -- ie, overlapping offsets are not counted -- note: to get the last occurrence of a string in a container (often useful) -- use "item -1 of offsets(...)" -- by Peter M. Brigham, pmb...@gmail.com — freeware if str is not in pContainer then return 0 put 0 into startPoint repeat put offset(str,pContainer,startPoint) into thisOffset if thisOffset = 0 then exit repeat add thisOffset to startPoint put startPoint & comma after offsetList add length(str)-1 to startPoint end repeat return item 1 to -1 of offsetList -- delete trailing comma end offsets -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:48 AM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > Will the offset function work? > > put the number of chars in line 1 to 14 of tVar into tCount > put offset(startChar, line 15 of tVar) + tCount into tStart > put offset(endChar, line 15 of tVar) + tCount into tEnd > > > On April 30, 2015 3:07:05 AM CDT, Malte Brill <revolut...@derbrill.de> > wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I need to find the start and end character of chuncks in a variable. If > >we are in a field we can use charIndex for that. However, in a variable > >I have no good idea on how to do something similar to > > > >get charIndex(token 7 of line 15 of field „myField“) > > > > > >Any ideas? > > > >All the best, > > > >Malte > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 _______________________________________________ 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