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

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:16 pm
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!!

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:24 pm
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)


Email address by PM

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:31 pm
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 ...)

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:38 pm
by OrbMan
That sucks.

what a turd

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:38 pm
by briankiser
But I'm not too surprised. That's what you might expect from an "internet marketer" (i.e. spammer?).

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:10 am
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 :)

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:45 pm
by MudGuard
Thanks, theuns.