Nevermind. *sigh* Number of words prior to selection or insertion point is put the number of words of (char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedchunk) of field 1)
Rev is far more amazing than I can make it be. So is Livecode! On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok thats cool. > So if its NOT just an insertion point then > the number of words of char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedchunk) of field > "yourfield" > will give the number of words preceeding the selection? > > So this whole thing could boil down to > > on mouseUp > if word 4 of the selectedchunk < word 2 of the selectedchunk then > put the number of words of (char 1 to (word 4 of the selectedchunk) > of field 1) > else > put the number of words of (char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedchunk) > of field 1) > end if > end mouseUp > > I knew I was making my solution WAY too difficult. Thanks for this. > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Peter Brigham MD <pmb...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The selectedChunk gives the segment of text selected, in the form >> >> char <chartPosition> to <endPosition> of field <n> >> >> If the selection is empty (insertion point only), the result is something >> like "char 5 to 4 of field 9" -- in this case to get the number of the word >> containing the insertion point, use: >> >> the number of words of char 1 to (word 4 of the selectedchunk) of field 9 >> >> If a run of text is selected then the above will get the number of the >> word containing the end of the selection. >> >> -- Peter >> >> Peter M. Brigham >> pmb...@gmail.com >> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig <http://home.comcast.net/%7Epmbrig> >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 27, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Warren Kuhl wrote: >> >> Is there an easy way to retrieve the word # of a field based on the >>> SelectedChunk? The SelectedChunk contains the start/end position of a >>> word >>> of a field. Just am trying to determine which word without to much >>> coding...if possible. >>> >>> Thanks for any help! >>> Warren >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ 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