how to do this type of search

[Phil Davis]

Here is one simple way, assuming you have control over the word list:

    -- one-time prep - optimize list for searching
    local sMyWordList
    put url ("file:" & tPathToMyWords) into sMyWordList
    put tab before sMyWordList
    replace CR with (tab & CR & tab) in sMyWordList
    replace slash with (tab & slash & tab) in sMyWordList
    put tab after sMyWordList

    -- at search time
    set the wholeMatches to true -- not really required since we're including 
delimiters in the search string
    put lineOffset(tab & tWord & tab, sMyWordList) into tWordLineNumber

Phil Davis


On 4/9/12 5:40 PM, John Dixon wrote:
>
> 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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