sez Gregory Lypny: > Thank you for the tips on string pattern matching. I?m > used to Mathematica?s string pattern syntax, which is > probably built on regex, but I can see the similarities in > your nice examples, particularly the using of > alternatives [Joe|Anges]. While Mathematica?s string > functions are insanely extensive and their implementation > far more powerful that those in LiveCode, they can > become arbitrarily slow if used repeatedly in loops, and > unfortunately, my procedure requires repeating the > functions over tens of thousands of files. That is why I > want to build an alternative procedure in LiveCode. Hold it. You're saying you don't want to use regex in *LiveCode* because a more-complex feature is too slow in *Mathematica*? I'm not sure how to connect those dots, myself. Why not give regex in LiveCode a shot anyway? "Bewitched" + "Charlie's Angels" - Charlie = "At Arm's Length" Read the webcomic at [ http://www.atarmslength.net ]! If you like "At Arm's Length", support it at [ http://www.patreon.com/DarkwingDude ].
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