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Chapter 3 - Word Processing Views / Word Processing View Reference

Protos / protoTXView

FindString

protoTXView:FindString(str, startOffset, options)

Searches for matching text in a word-processing view.

str

The string to be searched.

startOffset

The offset at which the search should start.

options

Must be nil. Currently the search is not case sensitive.

return value

The offset of the matching string in the view. If no match is found, FindString returns nil.

DISCUSSION

The FindString method searches in a word-processing view for a sequence of characters that matches str. The search begins at startOffset from the beginning of the view and continues until a match is made or the end of the text is reached.

Note that FindString does not offer wrap-around searching of the text in your view.