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FindValues ( Values ; Pattern )

Return values including Pattern.

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Koji Takeuchi - Show more from this author TonicNote, Inc. https://tonicnote.com

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/* FindValues ( Values ; Pattern ) 2012.09.07, Koji Takeuchi <takeuchi@nemoux.com> description: Return values including Pattern. ex1. FindValues ( "<<foo>>aa¶bb¶cc<<bar>>" ; "<<foo>>" ) = <<foo>>aa ex2. FindValues ( "<<foo>>aa¶bb¶cc<<bar>>" ; "bb" ) = bb ex3. FindValues ( "<<foo>>aa¶bb¶cc<<bar>>" ; "b" ) = bb¶cc<<bar>> */ Let ( [ target = GetValue ( Values ; 1 ) ; match = PatternCount ( target ; Pattern ) > 0 ; rest = RightValues ( Values ; ValueCount ( Values ) - 1 ) ; more = PatternCount ( rest ; Pattern ) > 0 ] ; Case ( match ; target ) & Case ( match and more ; ¶ ) & Case ( more ; FindValues ( rest ; Pattern ) ) ) Click to copy

FindValues ( Values ; Pattern )
2012.09.07, Koji Takeuchi


description:
Return values including Pattern.
ex1.
FindValues ( "<>aa¶bb¶cc<>" ; "<>" )
= <>aa
ex2.
FindValues ( "<>aa¶bb¶cc<>" ; "bb" )
= bb
ex3.
FindValues ( "<>aa¶bb¶cc<>" ; "b" )
= bb¶cc<>

 

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