How to tell if something is put into the message box

[Bob Sneidar]

Oh I never thought of using regex! I understand the principle but I'm not so clear on all the options and how they interact. I tried reading up on it once but my brain began to hurt so I backed off. :-)

Bob S


> On Dec 29, 2016, at 13:18 , Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If all you were looking for was incidences of:
> 
> put tVar
> 
> you could always just open the 'Find and Replace' from the Edit menu,
> select This stack, tick the 'Reg. Expression' box and search for:
> 
> ^put \w+$
> 
> I know you'll know what this means but for those not so familiar with regex:
> 
> ^ = start of line
>  followed by a space character
> \w = any word character
> + = 1 or more times
> $ = end of line
> 
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