search

[mountainash]

I'm not having any luck trying to use the search method.

I have tried may different ways to get it to work but still always get '-1' as my result. What am I doing wrong?

istest = new String('I am a hairy cat');
var name = 'cat';
var result = istest.search('cat');
trace('cat: ' + result);

I get '-1' even if I use:
var result = istest.search(name);

Any ideas?

Also the example for match does not even use match.

[Madcha]

search works with an instance of a regular Expression (just let Topcmm tell u what is that).

try this:
istest = 'I am a hairy cat';
s = /cat/i
r = istest.search(s)
trace(r)

u can also use if (istest.indexOf('cat')!=-1) bla...bla

Madcha

[mountainash]

Thanks for your quick reply - working wonders.

Any SWFKit workers reading this, you may want to add an example like this to the Manual.

Thanks Madcha.

[Madcha]

Thanks Madcha.

De Nada.

U can download from the microsoft web site the full documentation about Jscript 5 dot something.
As the SWFKIT's script core is the same (among myself...no warranty at all about that ;D )
as the official Jscript you may find that doc usefull.

Apache
Madcha