How do I mark a certain number of words in a line? REWARD!!!

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affcenter
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How do I mark a certain number of words in a line? REWARD!!!

Post by affcenter »

HI there!

I am an Internet marketer and I wonder if Textpad can deliver this feature:

Say I have a list of words:

learn guitar
learn to play guitar
free guitar lessons
online guitar instruction

Is it possible to execute a command that marks lines that have 4 or more words?

That is:

learn guitar - 2 words
learn to play guitar - 4 words
free guitar lessons - 3 words
online guitar instruction - 3 words

After the command, the 2nd line "learn to play guitar" will be marked.

I have lists like this that contain 30,000+ words, and I really need this feature.

Because I need this thing solved FAST, I will award anyone who solve this for me FIRST $25 cash via Paypal. Please leave your Paypal email address in your response.

THANK YOU!!
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Post by MudGuard »

search expression:

Code: Select all

[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+
(there's a space after each ^ and one between the ++

Use "Mark all" button in Find dialog.

(and edit - copy other - bookmarked lines to copy the marked lines to wherever you need them)


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Post by MudGuard »

I did not really expect the reward. But a "Thank you, it works" or a "Thank you, it does not work as I need it" would have been nice ...

(and don't tell me you didn't see the answer, you have read my pm ...)
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Post by OrbMan »

That sucks.
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what a turd

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But I'm not too surprised. That's what you might expect from an "internet marketer" (i.e. spammer?).
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Post by theuns »

Well, for what it's worth MudGuard, I'd like to say thanks on his behalf. I know what it feels like to extend a helping hand and have the whole arm grabbed with out so much as a thanks and I know the value of assistance from knowledgeable folk so thanks again :)
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Post by MudGuard »

Thanks, theuns.
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