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From: allen@codon1.berkeley.edu (Edward Allen;345 Mulford;x2-9025)
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Subject: Re: find command -  2 questions
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Matt Crawford asks two questions about finds, one about restricting finds to 
a set of fields, another about testing the situation in which a string is
found.

Usually to get what you want from a find that is more than a simple one,
you wind up writing scripts using the properties "the foundchunk",
"the foundfield", or "the foundline" to assess whether what you found was
where you wanted it.

the foundChunk returns a description of which characters in which field were
found with a syntax something like "char 2 to 6 of bkgnd field 3"

the foundField is probably the property to test for if you want to restrict to
one of a set of fields, only displaying results if the foundField was
appropriate.

the foundline returns something like "line 3 of card field 5"

These properties were new with HyperCard 1.2, I think.  If you have an older
version, get 1.2.2 or 1.2.5 if using system 6.04.

Ed Allen (allen@enzyme.berkeley.edu)
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