List Words from Textarea

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Oct 14 01:05:50 EDT 2010


On 10/14/10 12:01 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Thanks for the info. If this be the case, LC is really screwing
> around with things that could break MANY applications. I think I'll
> stay away from LC if this is an example of what is now being done to
> REV. Who is the crazy loon who decided to do this? VERY
> un-HyperTalkish!!!!!

Actually it's exactly HyperTalkish. It's always been that way, all the 
way back to MetaCard and HyperCard before that. A word includes anything 
between white space, including any punctuation. In fact, I think MC and 
Rev did it that way to maintain compatibility with HC.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



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