how to do this type of search

[John Dixon]

The 'lineOffset' function will be your friend here...

Dixie

> A straightforward question, I think.
> 
> I have a list of 5 tab-delimited items per line. Each item can be
> either a single word or a group of words separated by a "/".
> 
> Example:
> 
> abide	abode/abided	abode/abided/abidden	abides	abiding
> alight	alit/alighted	alit/alighted	alights	alighting
> arise	arose	arisen	arises	arising
> awake	awoke	awoken	awakes	awaking
> be	was/were	been	is	being
> 
> What I want my script to do is find which line contains an exact match
> to a given item.
> 
> For example:
> 
> --  "is", on line 5
> -- "alighted", on line 2
> 
> All I can think of is to use brute force and go thru the list item by item.
> 
> Maybe with "wholematches" or such, there's some faster way?
> 
> Thank you.
> --
> Nicolas Cueto
> 
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