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line...of

Syntax

    textMemberExpression.line[whichLine]
    line whichLine of fieldOrStringVariable
    textMemberExpression.line[firstLine..lastLine]
    line firstLine to lastLine of fieldOrStringVariable

Description

Keyword; specifies a line or a range of lines in a chunk expression. A line chunk is any sequence of characters delimited by carriage returns, not by line breaks caused by text wrapping.

The expressions `whichLine`, `firstLine`, and `lastLine` must be integers that specify a line in the chunk.

Chunk expressions refer to any character, word, item, or line in any source of characters. Sources of characters include field cast members and variables that hold strings.

Example

This statement assigns the first four lines of the variable `Action` to the field cast member To Do:

    member("To Do").text = Action.line[1..4]

Example

This statement inserts the word `and` after the second word of the third line of the string assigned to the variable `Notes`:

    put "and" after Notes.line[3].word[2]

See also

`char...of`, `item...of`, `word...of`, `and`, `number (words)`