sentence
Type
keyword
Summary
Designates a string as part of a chunk expression, delimited by Unicode sentence breaks, as determined by the ICU Library.
Syntax
sentence
Description
Use the sentence keyword to refer to one or more sentences in a container.
A sentence is a chunk delimited by Unicode sentence breaks, as determined by the ICU Library. A sentence can contain multiple words, but not multiple lines.
The sentence chunk includes the punctuation mark at the end of the sentence, if there is one. It will also include any trailing spaces. The rules describing Unicode sentence breaks are available at http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/#Sentence_Boundaries
Examples
put "This is the first sentence. This is the second sentence." into tText
put sentence 2 of tText -- returns "This is the second sentence."
put "The green apple costs $0.50, the red apple costs $0.60. Which one should I buy?" into tText
put the first sentence of tText
-- returns "The green apple costs $0.50, the red apple costs $0.60. " also note that the space after the full stop is included in the return value.
Related
keyword: item, character, segment, trueWord, line, word, token, paragraph
Compatibility and Support
Introduced
LiveCode 7.0
OS
mac
windows
linux
ios
android
Platforms
desktop
server
mobile