Newbie: find, search command

[J. Landman Gay]

On 12/16/04 5:42 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

> Except that you need to delete the last "cr" before putting it into the 
> list, or you will have a blank line at the bottom; just add one line to 
> the code:
> 
>> function FindData pStringToFind, pDataToSearch
>>   repeat for each line tLine in pDataToSearch
>>      if pStringToFind is in tLine then put tLine &cr after tFoundData
>>   end repeat
> 
>   delete the last char of tFoundData
> 
>>   return tFoundData
>> end FindData

Sometimes, but it depends on what you're doing. Revolution is forgiving 
enough that a lot of the time it doesn't matter. For example, "the 
number of lines" will return the same number whether the carriage return 
is at the end or not.

This has come up before, and it isn't a bug, it's a feature. Commas work 
the same way.


> On Dec 16, 2004, at 6:32 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> 
>> D.Rothe wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a tab delimited list I want to be able to search, say I have a 
>>> list of names for example;
>>> Father Xmas    Is Drunk
>>> New Years    Is after Xmas
>>> Rudolph    The Reindeer
>>> Merry Xmas    To all
>>> I want to search for ALL instances of Xmas and display the whole 
>>> matching line of each found in a list field.
>>> So far I can get it to display the first line only ( Father Xmas    
>>> Is Drunk) ! Any help would appreciated!!! I have checked the 
>>> tutorials for help but couldn't find what I was looking for,
>>> is there an example stack or notes anyone may know of?
>>
>>
>> For short lists (<50,000 lines) you may be pleasantly surprised by the 
>> speed of what might look like clunkly Transcript:
>>
>>
>> function FindData pStringToFind, pDataToSearch
>>   repeat for each line tLine in pDataToSearch
>>      if pStringToFind is in tLine then put tLine &cr after tFoundData
>>   end repeat
>>   return tFoundData
>> end FindData
>>
>>
>> You can call it simply enough:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>   put FindData("Xmas", fld "stuff")
>> end mouseUp
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>  Richard Gaskin
>>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>
> 
> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
> $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
> John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
> Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
> everlasting life.
> $
> 
> 
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