User Guide

This statement sets the variable itemCounter to the number of items in the field Names:

itemCounter = the number of items in member("Names").text

You can accomplish the same thing with text cast members using the syntax:

itemCounter = member("Names").item.count

See also

item...of, count(), number (characters), number (lines), number (words)

number (lines)

Syntax

the number of lines in chunkExpression

Description

Chunk expression; returns a count of the lines in a chunk expression. (Lines refers to lines

delimited by carriage returns, not lines formed by line wrapping.)

Chunk expressions are any character, word, item, or line in any container of characters.

Containers include field cast members and variables that hold strings, and specified characters,

words, items, lines, and ranges in containers.

Note: The count() function provides a more efficient alternative for determining the number of lines in a

chunk expression.

Examples

This statement displays the number of lines in the string “Macromedia, the Multimedia

Company” in the Message window:

put the number of lines in "Macromedia, the Multimedia Company"

The result is 1.

This statement sets the variable

lineCounter to the number of lines in the field Names:

lineCounter = the number of lines in member("Names").text

You can accomplish the same thing with text cast members with the syntax:

lineCounter = member("Names").line.count