ClickText function and punctuation

[Mike Bonner]

On an unlocked text field I tried this:

on selectionchanged
put word (the number of words in char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedchunk) of
field 1) of field 1 into field 2
end selectionchanged

And it works fine.

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com> wrote:

> Words are defined by LiveCode to include punctuation.
>        put word 2 of "the check-up is good" returns "check-up"
>
> The clickText function doesn't include punctuation in the word.
>        If you put the phrase "the check-up is good" in a locked field,
> clickText only returns either "check" or "up" depending on which part is
> clicked.
>
> How do I include punctuation in the entire word the user clicks on?
>        In this example I want "check-up" returned
>
> Bill Vlahos
>
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