The 'lineOffset' function will be your friend here...
Dixie > A straightforward question, I think. > > I have a list of 5 tab-delimited items per line. Each item can be > either a single word or a group of words separated by a "/". > > Example: > > abide abode/abided abode/abided/abidden abides abiding > alight alit/alighted alit/alighted alights alighting > arise arose arisen arises arising > awake awoke awoken awakes awaking > be was/were been is being > > What I want my script to do is find which line contains an exact match > to a given item. > > For example: > > -- "is", on line 5 > -- "alighted", on line 2 > > All I can think of is to use brute force and go thru the list item by item. > > Maybe with "wholematches" or such, there's some faster way? > > Thank you. > -- > Nicolas Cueto > > _______________________________________________ > 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
