Something like charIndex, but in a variable...

[Alex Tweedly]

Not quite so straightforward, but  you can do

function getCharIndexByLineToken pVar, pLine, pToken
   local temp
   put the number of chars in line 1 to (pLine-1) of pVar into temp
   add 1 to temp   -- for the CR between lines 14 and 15 !!
   add the number of chars in token 1 to (pToken-1) of line 15 of pVar 
to temp
   return temp
end getCharIndexByLineToken

Unfortunately you need different functions for token, word, etc. unless 
you want to make it more complex and (probably) need to use "do" or "value"

Hmmm - and maybe you need to watch that "add 1" in the case of pLine 
being 1 !!
or beyond the end ?!?

-- Alex.




On 30/04/2015 09:07, Malte Brill wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to find the start and end character of chuncks in a variable. If we are in a field we can use charIndex for that. However, in a variable I have no good idea on how to do something similar to
>
> get charIndex(token 7 of line 15 of field myField)
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> All the best,
>
> Malte
>
>
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