Re: GetWords
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60183
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texte = You could use a breakdown with [ListChars] (requires 6.0) and put it all back together. Seems getho to me and I am sure there is a slick way to use Grep for this or some other neat trick. Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Davis"
To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:10 PM Subject: Re: GetWords > > > > On 11/24/04 1:45 PM, "Joe D'Andrea" wrote: > >> At 1:34 PM -0600 11/24/04, Clint Davis wrote: >>> I need to extract the first sentence out of a block of text. The >>> sentence >>> will end with a period, exclamation point, or question mark followed by >>> a >>> space. May be a job for [grep]. Any ideas? >> >> >> [listwords] when use with "delimiters" can redefine the meaning of what a >> word >> is. >> >> >> [listwords words=[your words go here]&delimiters=.!?] >> [showif [index]=1] >> The first sentence is: [word] >> [/showif] >> [/listwords] > > This also won't work if my sentence contains a period in the middle. > > Example: Do you have 2.2 children? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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You could use a breakdown with [listchars] (requires 6.0) and put it all back together. Seems getho to me and I am sure there is a slick way to use Grep for this or some other neat trick. Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Davis" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:10 PM Subject: Re: GetWords > > > > On 11/24/04 1:45 PM, "Joe D'Andrea" wrote: > >> At 1:34 PM -0600 11/24/04, Clint Davis wrote: >>> I need to extract the first sentence out of a block of text. The >>> sentence >>> will end with a period, exclamation point, or question mark followed by >>> a >>> space. May be a job for [grep]. Any ideas? >> >> >> [listwords] when use with "delimiters" can redefine the meaning of what a >> word >> is. >> >> >> [listwords words=[your words go here]&delimiters=.!?] >> [showif [index]=1] >> The first sentence is: [word] >> [/showif] >> [/listwords] > > This also won't work if my sentence contains a period in the middle. > > Example: Do you have 2.2 children? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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