Yes, indeed. You want something like this:
keyword = "star";
myString = "The dog sniffed at the starfish and growled";
regEx = "\b" & keyword & "\b";
if (reFindNoCase(regEx, myString)) {
writeOutput("found it");
} else {
writeOutput("did not find it");
}
On 8/17/2011 5:20 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> If I want to scan a string to match only a whole word should I be looking at
> regular expressions? I want to scan a string like
>
> "The dog sniffed at the starfish and growled"
>
> And if I scan for "star" not match "starfish".
>
> Are regular expressions the most effective way to do that?
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Nate
>
>
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