Name: foundText

Type: function

Syntax: the foundText

Syntax: foundText()

Summary: <return|Returns> the text located by the most recent <find> <command>.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:

the foundText

Example:

put the foundText into whichWord

Returns: The <foundText> <function> <return|returns> the text that was found.

Description:

Use the <foundText> <function> to determine which <word> in the search <string> was found, and whether it matches a whole <word> or a portion of a <word>.

Depending on what form of the <find> <command> you used, the text found may be different from the text you searched for. For example, the command

find "hurl"

can find any word that starts with the string "hurl", such as "hurling" or "hurler". In this case, the entire <word> --not just the portion specified in the <find> <command> --is surrounded by a box, and the <foundText> <return|returns> the entire <word>.

The <foundText> <function> is cleared when the text <selection> moves into the <foundField> or when the <current card> is closed. At the same time, the box the <find> <command> draws around the found text disappears. If there is no box, the <foundText> function <return|returns> empty.

To get the location of the text that was found, use the foundChunk <function>.

References: word (keyword), string (keyword), selection (keyword), find (command), clickText (function), foundField (function), command (glossary), return (glossary), current card (glossary), function (control_st)

Tags: database