charIndex

Type

property

Summary

The character offset in the field of the start of the chunk.

Syntax

get the charIndex of <fieldChunk>

Description

The charIndex of a field chunk returns the character offset in the field of the start of the chunk.

Examples

-- Example: 2 lines of text in a field
-- Hello World
-- Goodbye World

the charIndex of line 2 of field 1 
-- 13 (line 1 has 11 chars + a return char making first char of line 2 = 13)

the charIndex of word 2 of field 1 
-- 7

Related

property: lineIndex

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 5.5

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile