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line...of
Syntax
textMemberExpression
.line[
whichLine]
line
whichLine
of
fieldOrStringVariable
textMemberExpression
.line[
firstLine..lastLine]
line
firstLine
to
lastLine
of
fieldOrStringVariable
Description
Keyword; specifies a line or a range of lines in a chunk expression. A line chunk is any sequence of characters delimited by carriage returns, not by line breaks caused by text wrapping.
The expressions whichLine
, firstLine
, and lastLine
must be integers that specify a line in the chunk.
Chunk expressions refer to any character, word, item, or line in any source of characters. Sources of characters include field cast members and variables that hold strings.
Example
This statement assigns the first four lines of the variable Action
to the field cast member To Do:
member("To Do").text = Action.line[1..4]
Example
This statement inserts the word and
after the second word of the third line of the string assigned to the variable Notes
:
put "and" after Notes.line[3].word[2]
See also
char...of
, item...of
, word...of
, and
, number (words)
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