I think either matchText, or else wholematches used with some form of xOffset
is what you want.
Bob S
> On Apr 19, 2021, at 09:29 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something simple here but...
>
> I need to use a wildcard in the lineOffset function but I can't seem to find
> the correct invocation.
>
> put lineoffset("local*"&tFunctionName, tScript) into tPos
> always returns zero
>
> put lineoffset(tFunctionName, tScript) into tPos
> of course returns a line number, but possibly not the right one
>
> put lineoffset("local"&&tFunctionName, tScript) into tPos
> gives me the correct line in some cases but fails for
> local tSomeFunction,tOtherFunction
>
> Can anyone give me the correct syntax for using a wildcard string as an
> argument to lineOffset? Thanks in advance - I've spent enough time on my own
> trying to figger this out.
>
> --
> Mark Wieder
> ahsoftw...@gmail.com
>
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