Easy way to get the "white space" before the first word of a line?

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Dave,

Assuming that the whitespace always starts on char 1 of the line, this  
should work:

function whiteSpace theText
   return char 1 to (offset(word 1 of theText,theText) - 1) of theText
end whiteSpace

function whiteChunk theText
   return "char 1 to" && (offset(word 1 of theText,theText) - 1)
end whiteChunk

Best,

Mark

Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

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On 25 mrt 2008, at 22:08, David Bovill wrote:
> I want to get hold of the "white space" - ie tabs or space -  before  
> the
> first word of a line. I can do it of course with repeat loops - but  
> is there
> a way using Revs built in chunks?
>
> Something like:
>
>    put word 0 to 1 of "      first second"