finding a string in a global variable

Glenn Boyce · Post by **Glenn Boyce** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:03 am

I 've put some customer data into a global variable and was hoping to use the find and get foundline functions to retrieve specific items from a "find" done on customer name. It works in a field. how do I make it work in a gVariable?

thanks, Glenn

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:38 am

Hi Glenn,

you can use "offset" or "contains" (and maybe more

)!

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...
if tGlobalVar contains "My string" then
  ## string is in global
end if
...

"offset" will return 0 if your string is not in the global and a number (position of the first char of your string in the global) if the global contains your string.
...
if offset("My string",tGlobalVar) <> 0 then
## string is in global
end if
...

Best

Klaus

Glenn Boyce · Post by **Glenn Boyce** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:01 am

Hi Klaus,

Thanks for that. I need the line number of the string. Is that what is returned?

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:45 am

Hi Glen,

ah, sorry, overlooked that.

Then you can use "lineoffset", which will give you the linenumber of your desired string(s).

Best

Klaus