[Newbies] how to search for text?

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Fri Nov 30 22:29:52 UTC 2007


On Nov 30, 2007, at 21:23 , Chris Cunnington wrote:

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>> How do I search all method bodies for a text string?
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>> Thanks!
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> Put the string in the Workspace. Highlight it. Summon the menu with do
> it/print it. Scroll down to the bottom where it says "more".  
> Select. Scroll
> down to "method with source". Voila.

Ugh, that does a full-text search on all method sources, very slow.  
Much faster is pressing Cmd-Shift-E (or "method strings with ir" from  
the menu) which only looks at string literals..

- Bert -




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