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ContainsWholeWordMBS(Text as String, Word as String) as boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
global method String MBS Util Plugin 22.1 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
Checks whether text contains whole word.
Example
// let's try a few test cases

If ContainsWholeWordMBS("Hello World", "Hello") Then
// okay
Else
Break
End If

If ContainsWholeWordMBS("Hello World", "World") Then
// okay
Else
Break
End If

If ContainsWholeWordMBS("Hello World", "ello") Then
Break
Else
// okay
End If

If ContainsWholeWordMBS("Hello World", "Worl") Then
Break
Else
// okay
End If

If ContainsWholeWordMBS("Hello World", "orld") Then
Break
Else
// okay
End If

If ContainsWholeWordMBS("Hello World!", "orld") Then
Break
Else
// okay
End If

This function is optimized for speed and should only be used with ASCII as it handles all unicode characters as word characters.
Returns true if whole word is found inside text.
Returns false if the word was either not found or is contained, but has other letters before/after.

This function should be faster than doing a RegEx with "\b" + word "\b", but the RegEx may handle unicode word delimiters better.

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