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

[David Bovill]

Thanks Mark.

On 25/03/2008, Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>
> 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"
>
>
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