script to grab selected word plus next unselected word?

[Steven Cappiello]

Is there some way a script can act on a selected word + the following unselected word ?

[jteich]

Middle( text ; Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) ; Get ( ActiveSelectionSize )) gives the text of the selection.

LeftWords(

Right( text ; Length( text ) - Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) - Get ( ActiveSelectionSize ))

; 1)

give the following word. If nothing is selected it gives the first word.

-jens

[Steven Cappiello]

i don't think your suggestion is correct.. is it ?

[Genx]

... Sounds right...

Middle( textField ; Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) ; Get ( ActiveSelectionSize )) & " " &

LeftWords(

Right( textField ; Length( textField ) - Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) - Get ( ActiveSelectionSize ))

; 1)

... should work exactly as you want .. pretty smart too, would've taken me like half an hour to work that one out.

Why don't you test it and tell us if it works?

[comment]

It is correct in the sense that it gets the FOLLOWING word, as stated. If you want the selected word AND the following word, you can change it to:

LeftWords ( Right ( text ; Length ( text ) - Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) + 1 ) ; 2 )

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Note that this assumes that the selection starts at the beginning of a word, or that the cursor is at the beginning of a word.

Edited December 22, 2006 by Guest