JavaScript Examples Bible - UserWorks Technologies

Chapter 5 ✦ Body Text Objects (Chapter 19)
// perform the undo
function undoReplace() {
if (newRanges.length && origSearchString) {
for (var i = 0; i < newRanges.length; i++) {
rng.moveToBookmark(newRanges[i])
rng.text = origSearchString
}
document.all.counter.innerText = i
clearUndoBuffer()
}
}
TextRange.findText() Method
Enter a string to search for in the following text:
&nbsp;
Case-sensitive &nbsp;
Whole words only
Enter a string with which to replace found text:
0 items found and replaced.
ARTICLE I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
government for a redress of grievances.
[The rest of the text is snipped for printing here, but it is on the CD-ROM
version.]
Having a search-and-replace function available in a document is only one-half of
the battle. The other half is offering the facilities to undo the changes. To that end,
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TextRange.findText()