Searching for substrings

[outsider]

Hi guys,

I can't find it if it exists, but is there a SlickEdit function for searching for a substring within a string (preferably one with regex)? All the functions I've found so far regarding search pertain to the whole of the current or named buffers, either explicitly or implicitly.

thanks

[LBCEi]

You can search within a selection.  So, unless I misunderstand your question, just select the string within which you wish to search, Ctrl-F, enter your desired search regex and you get what you want. 

Since you use the word "function", perhaps you are looking for a way to do this in a Slick-C macro?  In which case you should post this question in the Slick-C macro programming forum.

Good Luck

[outsider]

Yes LBCEi, I'm looking for a Slick-C function which will accept the string to search as an argument. Don't know how to move the post so maybe I'll repost there.

Thanks for responding.

[Graeme]

Try the pos function.

[outsider]

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Try the pos function.
Perfect! Thanks once again Graeme.