--- dunbarx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Feels like old times. When I get to newbie4000 I can > start helping out around here. > > So, fullFind... > > What I like about this gadget is its ability to > return ALL matched instances by line, item or > character. It returns chunk-based information about > the location(s) of a string within a container. Even > HC's old "search" XFCN from the power tools stack > could do that. > > I wrote a few workarounds using the lineOffset > function. They all do the job just fine in their own > way, and I can implement one of them as a function > and keep it in a library (a stack in use?). I am > sure the other offSet functions will come in handy. > I see there is already a native substitute > for "fullReplace". Well and good. > > But I can write a substitute for fullFind in > hypertalk, too. The lineOffset function only returns > the first instance, so additional processing is > required to get all of them. So, wow me with Rev's > arsenal. How to do it without a repeat loop? Find > all "ab" in: > > abc > def > abc > > I want "1,3" back at me, or somesuch. > > Jacqueline, I finally got the "filter" command to > work, but this simply extracts data; I lose the > chunk positional information present in the original > text. How would one use it to emulate fullFind? > > Grudgingly learning to like Revolution. (Sob) My > belligerent stance derives only from loyalty. > > Oh yes, thanks to anyone who takes the trouble... > > Craig Newman >
Hi Craig, Here's a quick attempt: ## function MyFindLines theTextToFind, theVariable local theLines, theLineNumber put 0 into theLineNumber repeat for each line theLine in theVariable add 1 to theLineNumber if theLine contains theTextToFind then put theLineNumber & comma after theLines end if end repeat delete char -1 of theLines -- remove trailing comma return theLines end MyFindLines ## The 'repeat for each' style of loop is extremely fast - much faster than the old 'repeat with i = 1 to the number of lines in theVariable' style. HTH, Jan Schenkel. Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution