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I really needed a command to search through a block of text (which I would have used 'WinGetText' to get) and find a specific phrase in this block of text and then tell me the line that it is in, however, after fiddling around with 'StringGetPos' all I get is the NUMBER OF LETTERS rather than the number of lines that it is down. How can I fix it?

For instance, say that notepad has this text in it:

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Hello
Goodbye
How are you

What is your name?
What is your address?
534i92
text
more stuff
and so on...
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Say, for instance I have tonnes of these but in each one the 'what is your name' is in a different line? I need it to search the string and tell me exactly what line 'What is your name?' in.

Please not RegEx! I fail miserably at that

Thanks

If you have many texts (files or variables) it is easiest if you create a function, if you want one ready made you can use TF_Find from TF.ahk Textfile & Variables/String Library or http://www.autohotkey.net/~hugov/tf-lib.htm

see http://www.autohotkey.net/~hugov/tf-lib.htm#TF_Find

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Ok..... I tried again myself and made this, but it doesn't work; why!? it's meant to search every line and if it finds the words 'to be taken' in any line to tell me what line, but it doesn't....

the ahk code:


The Notepad document open at the same time contains (it's called test - Notepad)

Hello
GoodBye
two to be taken once a day
What is your name?
paracetomol
What is your job?
500mg
56 Tablet(s)





thanks

Don't worry, I was getting mixed up with parsing loops, I hate them

Thanks anyway

Why cant you just read the file?
Tell me exactly what you want it to do.

No no honestly it's fine, I've done it now