Name & Parameters: [color:red][big] GetStyledWords ( text ; style ) [/big]

Description: GetStyledWords custom function

revision 1: now finds plain text, too.

Author: Daniele Raybaudi

Format: GetStyledWords ( text ; style )

Parameters:

text - the given text where there are some styled words

style - the style to search for ; if it is empty the function will search for "plain"

Returns all the styled words ( in list view ) within the given text

Sample Input:

I'm going to learn English

GetStyledWords ( text ; "" )

Results:

I'm

to

learn

Sample Input:

I'm going to learn English

GetStyledWords ( text ; "bold" )

Results:

going

English

Recursive: yes

Formula:

/*

GetStyledWords custom function



revision 1: now finds plain text, too.



Author: Daniele Raybaudi



Format: GetStyledWords ( text ; style )



Parameters:

text - the given text where there are some styled words

style - the style to search for ; if it is empty the function will search for "plain"



Returns all the  styled words ( in list view ) within the given text



Example 1)

text = I'm going ( bold ) to learn English ( bold )

GetStyledWords ( text ; "bold" ) returns:

going

English



Example 2)

text = I'm going ( bold ) to learn English ( bold )

GetStyledWords ( text ; "" ) or GetStyledWords ( text ; "plain" ) returns:

I'm

to

learn



*/

Let ( [

style = If ( IsEmpty ( style ) or style = "plain" ; """" ; style ) ;

svg = GetAsSVG ( text ) ;

parseSVG = MiddleValues ( svg ; 2 ; PatternCount ( svg ; "Style#" ) ) ;

nextSVG = RightValues ( svg ; ValueCount ( svg ) - 2 ) ;

line = GetValue ( parseSVG ; 1 );

pos1 = GetAsNumber ( Middle ( line ; Position ( line ; "," ; 1 ; 1 ) + 1 ; Position ( line ; "," ; 1 ; 2 ) - Position ( line ; "," ; 1 ; 1 ) - 1  ) ) ;

pos2 = GetAsNumber ( Middle ( line ; Position ( line ; "," ; 1 ; 2 ) + 1 ; Position ( line ; "<" ; 1 ; 2 ) - Position ( line ; "," ; 1 ; 2 ) - 1  ) ) ;

string = Middle ( text ; pos1 ; pos2 - pos1 + 1 );

adjString = Substitute ( TrimAll ( Substitute ( Middle ( text ; pos1 ; pos2 - pos1 + 1 )  ; ¶ ; " " ) ; 1; 1 ) ; " " ; ¶ ) ;

next = Trim ( Middle ( text ; Length ( string ) + 1 ; Length ( text )  ) )

] ;

Case ( 

PatternCount ( nextSVG ; style ); 

Case(

PatternCount ( line ; style )  ; adjString & ¶ & GetStyledWords ( next ; style );

GetStyledWords ( next ; style )

);

Case(

PatternCount ( line ; style ); adjString ;

""

)

)

) 

Required Functions: None

Author(s): raybaudi

Date: 03/08/07

Credits:

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