JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/findText
"findText()" Example
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
var m = document.body.createTextRange();
m.findText(""test"");
m.select();
}
</script>
<p>Search the "test" word in this paragraph</p>
<button onclick="function1();">Find test</button>
</body>
</html>
"findText()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |TextRange |
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"findText()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Searches a TextRange object for the specified string and highlights it if found.
Syntax:
textRangeName.findText(param1, param2, param3)
Parameters:
param1 Required; the text to find.
param2 Optional; the number of characters of the text range.
A positive value indicates a forward count;
a negative one indicates a backward count.
param3 Optional; the type of search.
1 search backwards
2 match whole words only
4 make search case sensitive
131072 search for byte values),
536870912 match special marks),
1073741824 match Far East characters
2147483648 match Hebrew/Arabic characters