find

[Sarah]

You need to use the optional third parameter for lineOffset which tells 
it how many lines to skip before it starts looking. The trick is to 
remember that the line number it returns is the line number starting 
after the skipped lines, so you need to add the two together to get the 
actual line number.

Here is the function I use. The mouseUp script that calls it assumes 
your list is in field 1.

on mouseUp
   put findLines(field 1, "John") into lineList
   answer lineList
end mouseUp

function findLines listToSearch, textToFind
   put empty into foundLines
   put 0 into startLine
   repeat
     put lineOffset(textToFind,listToSearch,startLine) into theLine
     if theLine = 0 then
       exit repeat
     else
       put (theLine+startLine) & cr after foundLines
       add theLine to startLine
     end if
   end repeat
   return foundLines
end findLines

Cheers,
Sarah


On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 04:02  pm, yves COPPE wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like a script which search for all occurences of a word in a list 
> and returns the number of all lines.
>
>
> an example :
>
> a list with :
>
> Peter
> John
> Richard
> John
> George
> John
> Philip
> Tom
>
> So if i call the code for "John", the result should be :
>
> 2
> 4
> 6
>
>
> I've tried with lineoffset but it gives only the first occurence.
>
> thanks.
> -- Greetings.
>
> Yves COPPE
>
> Email : yvescoppe at skynet.be
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