trueWord

Type

keyword

Summary

Designates a string as part of a chunk expression, delimited by Unicode word breaks, as determined by the ICU Library.

Syntax

trueWord

Description

Use the trueWord keyword to refer to one or more words, delimited by Unicode word breaks.

A trueWord is a word chunk, delimited by Unicode word breaks, as determined by the ICU Library. When there are no alphabetic or numeric characters between two word breaks, that string is not considered by LiveCode to be a trueWord.

Examples

put "外国語の学習と教授" & return into tText
put "Language Learning and Teaching" & return after tText
put "Изучение и обучение иностранных языков" after tText
put trueWord 4 of tText -- returns "学習"

put "外国語の学習と教授" & return into tText
put "Language Learning and Teaching" & return after tText
put "Изучение и обучение иностранных языков" after tText
put trueWord 3 of line 3 of tText -- returns "обучение"

get trueWord 4 of ("The programme output:" && quote & "Hello World!" & quote) -- yields Hello

Related

keyword: item, character, segment, sentence, line, word, paragraph, token

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 7.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile