Text selection code

[Whytey]

What is the code to select a region of text from one point to a specific word?

Thanks!

[Klaus]

Hi,

open the dictionary -> Livecode: Menu: Help: Dictionary (API) and lookup "select".

And taking a look at these stack won't hurt either:
http://www.hyperactivesw.com/revscriptc ... ences.html


Best

Klaus

[Whytey]

Hi Klaus, thanks for your post I'm still struggling I have this huge stream of data and this thread I am interested in in the middle of it.

'Select item 244094102.
Nucleostemin depletion induces post-g1 arrest apoptosis in chronic myelogenous leukemia k562 cells.
Seyed-Gogani N, Rahmati M, Zarghami N, Asvadi-Kermani I, Hoseinpour-Feyzi MA, Moosavi MA.
Adv Pharm Bull. 2014;4(1):55-60. doi: 10.5681/apb.2014.009. Epub 2013 Dec 23.
PMID'

By using the code
on mouseUp
find "244" in field "Results2"

I can get to this thread but I am not sure how to select from this point up to the PMID at the end and copy and paste the selection into a box called "Box1"

I hope you can help! Thanks!

[Klaus]

Hi Whytey,

OK, I see that you
1. did not really mean "select"
2. did not mean "sort" for this in another thread
3. found a way to ask this question a third time today (Hint, hint!)

"find" is not the best way for your purpose, I would use "lineoffset" or
just "offset" or a combination of both here.


Best

Klaus

[Whytey]

LOL in my head I knew what I wanted to do!! Thanks I'll give that a go!

[Thierry]

I have this huge stream of data and this thread I am interested in in the middle of it.

'Select item 244094102.
Nucleostemin depletion induces post-g1 arrest apoptosis in chronic myelogenous leukemia k562 cells.
Seyed-Gogani N, Rahmati M, Zarghami N, Asvadi-Kermani I, Hoseinpour-Feyzi MA, Moosavi MA.
Adv Pharm Bull. 2014;4(1):55-60. doi: 10.5681/apb.2014.009. Epub 2013 Dec 23.
PMID'

Hi Whytey,

Regular expressions are also a nice and powerful way to go for this kind of problem,
except if you have some regex-asthma so better stick with lineoffset and co

Here is some code:

Code: Select all

  if matchText( yourText, "(?ms)'Select item 244094102.\n(.*?)\nPMID'", gotit) then
      put gotit
   else
      put "Not found!"
   end if

Thierry

[Whytey]

Hi Thierry, brilliant thank you. Where shall I put this code, do I need to make a button that links to where the text is (In a box called "Results2")?

[Thierry]

Hi Thierry, brilliant thank you. Where shall I put this code, do I need to make a button that links to where the text is (In a box called "Results2")?

Umm, really it's up to you and the way you organize your stack.
so many ways to do that..

Happy coding

Thierry

[Klaus]

Bonsoir Thierry,

if you have some regex-asthma so better stick with lineoffset and co

I confess that I suffer heavily from that!
Hand me the offset-inhalator quickly


Best

Klaus

[Thierry]

if you have some regex-asthma so better stick with lineoffset and co

I confess that I suffer heavily from that!
Hand me the offset-inhalator quickly

Hallo Klaus,
....
Be happy

Thierry

[Klaus]

In fact I really suffer from a light form of asthma and the device i use for inhaling looks a bit like yours minus the LC regex-disk:


At least it is ROUND

[Thierry]

In fact I really suffer from a light form of asthma and the device i use for inhaling looks a bit like yours minus the LC regex-disk:
At least it is ROUND

Yep but mine contains a Rasperry board with LC already in..

and really sorry about your asthma; not really nice

Regards,
Thierry

[Klaus]

Yep but mine contains a Rasperry board with LC already in..