find something, return false?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Wed Nov 24 23:51:13 EST 2004


On 11/24/04 3:58 PM, Simon Lord wrote:

> I'm trying to find a simple word in a field.
> 
> --> find string "link" in fld "EmbeddedIndexTemplate"
> 
> ... works like a charm.  It finds and highlights the word for me.  But 
> if I ask for the result it returns empty.
> 
> --> if the result is empty then beep
> 
> ... am I using this correctly?  MC 2.5.1

Yes. If the string is found, the result is empty. If the string is not 
found, the result is "not found" -- which is not empty.

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