Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!sdcsvax!sdics!strub From: strub@sdics.ucsd.EDU (Hank Strub) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Question on comparing fields Message-ID: <432@sdics.ucsd.EDU> Date: 9 Dec 87 21:22:29 GMT Organization: Institute for Cognitive Science, UC San Diego Lines: 19 I want to compare a two word name in a text field to another two word name in another text field. If they match, delete the name in the second field. What's a general way to do this? Find only picks up the first word, and I don't want to delete Smith, Joan if Smith John happens to show up. Also, is there a way to send something (like substitute text) to the result from a find command? Thanks, Hank Strub Inst. for Cog. Science, UCSD BITNET: hbstrub@ucsd USENET: . . .!sdcsvax!sdics!strub ARPA: strub@nprdc.arpa or strub%ics@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu