In a message dated 11/21/04 1:55:20 PM,
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>Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:33:56 -0600
>From: "Salinas, Ruben (GE Healthcare)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Basic field word count question
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>My apologies for the simplicity of the question, but I'm just starting
>out with RunRev. Question is, how should I create a field on a card that
>displays the word count on a second field where the user is writing text?
>I would like the first field (word count) to recalculate automatically
>every time field 2 content changes.
My first answer to this question hasn't already been posted to the list,
so here goes:
local TymeDelay = 250
on WordKount
put the number of words in field "User Input" into field "Word Count"
send "WordKount" to me in TymeDelay milliseconds
end WordKount
This will update the wordcount field in realtime, automatically, four
times a second. If that isn't fast enough, reduce the value of TymeDelay; if
you
don't want/need quarter-second accuracy, increase the value of TymeDelay.
It's worth noting that the "number of words in [whatever]" function has a
quirk in it: If you've got quoted strings (like, say, dialogue in a story),
each such quoted string will count as 1 (one) word, *regardless* of how many
spaces are in that quoted string. Thus, Rev thinks that the the string
I have a nice doggie
(note the *absence* of quote marks) has 5 words in it, but Rev thinks the
string
"I have a nice doggie"
(note the *presence* of quote marks) is only *1* word. If your data is
such that this could be a problem, you will be glad to know that there's a way
to
get the *real* wordcount, *including* what's within quotemarks: Use "the
value of", which will, in effect, strip away the bleeding quote marks so's Rev
can
get at the *real* wordcount. Like so:
local TymeDelay = 250
on WordKount2
put field "User Input" into Fred
put 0 into WordKount
repeat for each word WW in Fred
add the number of words in (the value of WW) to WordKount
end repeat
put WordKount into field "Word Count"
send "WordKount" to me in TymeDelay milliseconds
end WordKount2
Hope this helps...
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