lineoffset question

[Mike Kerner]

have you tried using regex for this? it should be blazing fast.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM jbv via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> When lineoffset returns a value greater than 0, that
> means the string to search has been found.
> But is there a way to get the content of the found line ?
>
> Of course, I can use :
>    get lineoffset(myVar,myList)
>    if it > 0 then
>      put line it of myList into tline
>    end if
>
> But when myList is very long, and when many lines are
> successively found, the script has to count the lines
> each time and it becomes very slow.
>
> There is also the option to split the lines of myList
> into an array :
>    put myList into Tlist using return
>    get lineoffset(myVar,myList)
>    if it > 0 then
>      put Tlist[it] into tline
>    end if
>
> But then again, splitting the list can be slow if it's
> very long.
>
> IMHO it would be a great improvement to get the content
> of the line in which the string to search has been found.
> For instance, if nothing has been found, the returned value
> would still be zero.
> And if the string to search has been found, the returned
> value could be as follows :
> line 1 -> the line number
> line 2 -> the content of the found line
>
> Best,
> jbv
>
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