A little help with the foundChunk

[Mike Bonner]

Maybe something like this?

on mouseUp
   put "card id" into tString
   put "foo" into tField
   put "word [[tFirstWord]] to [[tLastWord]] of  [[word -2 to -1 of the
foundchunk]]" into tMergit
   repeat until (findIt(tString,tField)) is "not found"
      put word 2 of the foundChunk into tStart
      put the number of words in char 1 to tStart of field 1 into tFirstWord
      put tFirstWord + (the number of words in tString) into tLastWord
      put merge(tMergit) & return after msg
   end repeat
end mouseUp

function findit tString,tField
   find tstring in field tField
   return the result
end findit


On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Timothy Miller <
gandalf at doctortimothymiller.com> wrote:

> So I've got a list of foundChunks in the form --
>
> "char 10 to 16 of field 1 of card ID 1586"
>
> How do I convert them to the form --
>
> "word 3 to 4 of field 1 of card ID 1586"
>
> I want to do that, because I want to include the next word in each
> foundChunk by adding 1 to word 4 of each line.
>
> Alternately, is there a simple way to write the "find" command so I end up
> with a list of found words in the desired format, instead of a list of
> found chars?
>
> I don't need a working script, just a hint or two.
>
> Thanks again. Not so many amateurs and newbies here anymore, mostly pros.
> Hope not to be a pest.
>
> Tim
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