lineoffset and itemoffset alltogether

[Rob Cozens]

>Hi all,
>
>Is there a function that returns at the same time the lineoffset
>and the itemoffset of a searched string (for instance in the
>form 15,4 for "item 4 of line 15") ?
>Or is there a (fast) way to do that, instead of checking each
>item of the line once the lineoffset has been found ?

Is this what you want, JB?

function lineItemOffset targetText,searchString
    get lineOffset(targetText,searchString)
    if it is empty then return empty
    return it&comma&itemOffset(targetText,line it of searchString)
end lineItemOffset

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