matchText, does it really exist?

Bert Shuler bertshuler at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 10 16:28:33 EDT 2008


worked. Thanks for the quick help.

Bert


On Jul 10, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Jan Schenkel wrote:

> --- Bert Shuler <bertshuler at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> This code is from the docs, but seems to fail as if
>> matchText is not a
>> function.
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>   matchText("Goodbye","bye")
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> executing at 4:09:47 PM
>> Type	Handler: can't find handler
>> Object	Button
>> Line	matchText("Goodbye","bye")
>> Hint	matchText
>>
>> Any Ideas?
>>
>> Bert
>>
>
> Hi Bert,
>
> 'matchText' is a function, not a command - so use it
> like this:
> ##
> on mouseUp
>  answer matchText("Goodbye","bye")
> end mouseUp
> ##
>
> Admittedly, the docs for other functions sometimes
> contain a 'put xxx' example, whereas the entry for
> 'matchText' does not.
>
> Jan Schenkel.
>
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