Question

how to SELECT text from some line in a TEXTBOX?

Asked by: matthews_30

i have a textbox with several lines in it.

for example:

in the textbox1 i have (always different strings per line)

oscar is the best
ricardo plays piano
martha loves his husband
isadora makes her homework
oscar loves his wife

so i want to know what line has the word, for example, "loves", and when it found it, write the whole line in a new textbox2, this must be donde for all the lines that have the word 'loves', so in this case the textbox2 must contain 1 line with "martha loves his husband" and line 2 "oscar loves his wife"

how can i do this?

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2005-12-06 at 07:54:28ID21654886
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Answers

 

by: matthewspatrickPosted on 2005-12-06 at 08:16:04ID: 15428638

Hi matthews_30,

Try this:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

    Dim SearchStr As String
    Dim LookInStr As String
    Dim arr As Variant
    Dim Counter As Long
    Dim ShowStr As String
   
    LookInStr = Me.TextBox1
   
    If LookInStr = "" Then
        MsgBox "There is no string to search"
        Exit Sub
    End If
   
    SearchStr = InputBox("What string to search for")
   
    LookInStr = Replace(LookInStr, Chr(13), Chr(10))
   
    arr = Split(LookInStr, Chr(10))
   
    For Counter = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
        If InStr(1, arr(Counter), SearchStr, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
            ShowStr = ShowStr & arr(Counter) & Chr(10)
        End If
    Next
    ShowStr = Left(ShowStr, Len(ShowStr) - 1)
   
    Me.TextBox2 = ShowStr
   
End Sub


Regards,

Patrick

 

by: oscargarinPosted on 2005-12-06 at 10:36:50ID: 15430032

ok, i modified and it works but it only find only 1 line, i eed to find 2 lines, and write the 2 lines in the textbox2.

the modified code is the following:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim SearchStr As String
    Dim LookInStr As String
    Dim arr As Variant
    Dim Counter As Long
    Dim ShowStr As String
   
    LookInStr = Text1.Text
   
    If LookInStr = "" Then
        MsgBox "There is no string to search"
        Exit Sub
    End If
   
    SearchStr = InputBox("What string to search for")
   
    LookInStr = Replace(LookInStr, Chr(13), Chr(10))
   
    arr = Split(LookInStr, Chr(10))
   
    For Counter = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
        If InStr(1, arr(Counter), SearchStr, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
            ShowStr = ShowStr & arr(Counter) & Chr(10)
        End If
    Next
    ShowStr = Left(ShowStr, Len(ShowStr) - 1)
   
    Text2.Text = ShowStr
   

End Sub

 

by: oscargarinPosted on 2005-12-06 at 10:38:17ID: 15430048

i am sorry i post with my brother's account, again.

sorry mr. admin.

 

by: matthews_30Posted on 2005-12-06 at 10:45:43ID: 15430116

i am sorry it really did but in one line separated by a pipe sign (|).

 

by: matthewspatrickPosted on 2005-12-06 at 10:47:23ID: 15430130

matthews_30,

It's working just fine for me...

Regards,

Patrick

 

by: matthewspatrickPosted on 2005-12-06 at 10:49:00ID: 15430146

Do both of your textboxes have word wrapping set to true, and multiline=true?

 

by: matthews_30Posted on 2005-12-06 at 10:56:35ID: 15430211

both have multiline=true :(

aha! i replaced the char(10) and put 'vbCrlf' an it fixed up!

ok, now your code is excelent!

tha points will go for you now, but can i do a question? just answer it if you want, no points for this question :(

what do i have to do if i want to use several strings for searching int the text? i dont think i can use 'Or' statement to get it. i think the question is how to look for 1 string first and then a new string?

many thanks!

very good and easy code.

matt.

 

by: matthewspatrickPosted on 2005-12-06 at 11:08:54ID: 15430317

matt,

You can search for multiple strings, just use the Or operator.  The trick will be, how will you supply the
multiple strings.  A subject for another question :)

Patrick

 

by: matthews_30Posted on 2005-12-06 at 13:27:30ID: 15431475

excellent!

muchas gracias!

matt.

 

by: matthews_30Posted on 2005-12-12 at 18:14:46ID: 15471289

hey matthew, please take a look at this question, it is your code.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Visual_Basic/Q_21662294.html

matt.

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