Name: segment

Synonyms: word

Type: keyword

Syntax: segment

Summary:
Designates a <space>-<delimit|delimited> or <quoted> <string> as part of a
<chunk expression>.

Introduced: 7.0

OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile

Example:
get last segment of the long name of this stack

Description:
Use the <segment> keyword to refer to one or more <words> in a container.

A <segment> is <delimit|delimited> by one or more <space|spaces>, <tab|tabs>, 
or <return(constant)|returns>, or enclosed by <double quote|double quotes>. 
A single <segment> can contain multiple <char|characters> and multiple <item|items>, 
but not multiple <line|lines>.

>*Note:*  <segment|Segments> are <delimit|delimited> by <double quote|double quotes> ("), 
> but not by curved quotes (“ or ”). LiveCode does not 
> treat curved quotes as quotes.

References: quoted (glossary), chunk expression (glossary), double quote (glossary), 
delimit (glossary), string (keyword), item (keyword), character (keyword),
chars (keyword), lines (keyword), segments (keyword),
sentence (keyword), trueWord (keyword), line (keyword), words (keyword),
token (keyword), paragraph (keyword), space (constant), tab (constant),
return (constant)

Tags: text processing
