gettig all existing results from matchtext

[infantilo]

Hi,
how do i get all the existing results using matchtext, not only the first one?

text to search within

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test
karl
neuer test
hugo
test

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matchtext(texttosearchwithin, "test", listofresults)

thanks for advice

[Simon]

Hi infantilo,
I wouldn't have used matchText for this.
Do you have to?

Simon

[MaxV]

Livecode Embed SQLite, do you like (or need) to use a database? See: http://livecode.wikia.com/wiki/SQLite

Or you can use find working with fields, or you can use offset working with variables, for example:

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put texttosearchwithin into temp
put 0 into counter
repeat while offset("test",temp) > 0
 add 1 to counter
 put offset("test",temp) into listofresults[counter]
 delete  chars 1 to n of temp
end repeat

This way listofresults is an array containing all "test" position found.

[jacque]

I'd use the "filter" command instead.

[dunbarx]

Lots of answers, but I do not know what you really want to do with that list. You say "get the existing results"...

Delete all lines that do not contain (or fully match) the text in question? (Jacque's take on it)

Use the "find" command to locate all instances? (MaxV's)

Locate the lines that equal (or contain) the text? A possible function, tText is your list, tFind is your text to find, "exactly" ("true" or "false") is to choose between lines that equal or merely contain tFind:

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function revFullFind tText,tFind,exactly --RETURNS LINE NUMBER & "," & WORD NUMBER
   put 0 into counter
   switch exactly
      case "true"
      case empty
         repeat for each line tline in tText
            add 1 to counter
            if tFind = tline then
               put counter & return after tResult
            end if
         end repeat
         break
      case "false"
         repeat for each line tline in tText
            add 1 to counter
            if tFind is in tline then
               repeat with y = 1 to the number of words in tLine
                  if word y of tLine = tFind then put y & "," after temp
               end repeat
               delete last char of temp
               put counter & "," & temp & return after tResult
               put "" into temp
            end if
         end repeat
         break
   end switch
   return tResult
end revFullFind

Craig

[jacque]

"Filter" does remove lines, that's true. If I don't want to destroy the original list, I just make a copy and filter that. It's quick and doesn't require a repeat loop. But Craig's right, it would be good to know what the final goal is. For example, using filter won't give you line numbers for the matching lines.