I'm using Word97 to extract information from software source files,
and opening the (text) file in Word to analyse it. Occasionally, I
need to direct the user to a problem in a particular line (a Word
paragraph).

Hunt as I could, I couldn't find something that returned a paragraph
number from a range. I tried
Rng.Information(wdFirstCharacterLineNumber), but it seemed to top
out at 999. I'm currently using Range(0,Rng.Start).Paragraphs.Count
and it works OK, but it seems a longwinded way of going about it.

Andrew
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Hi Andrew,

Take a look here

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/GetIndexNoOfPara.htm

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Hmmm, they both look far less elegant than what I suggested. I also
suspect they're slower. The binary method uses log2(N) calls, which
may be faster, but superficially it needs to count for each call.

Who knows how VBA counts.

Anyway, I think you answered my implicit question. With 'no'.

Andrew

Am I correct in understanding that a Word Paragraph is actually a line?
I've been using rather longwinded means of doing things not having a
lines.count function!!
Mark.

Not really, no. A line of text doesn't have much of a status within Word, as
its length depends on such things as column width, font and even printer
driver. About the only way you can grab a line of text is to position the
cursor on the line you want, and then select the text marked by the \Line
predefined bookmark.

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If you need to know the paragraph index then do not use the paragraph
collection.

You could step through the paragraphs using a For...Next statement.

For i = 1 To ActiveDocument.Paragraphs.Count

    With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(i)
        ' Code here
    End With

Next i

Mark Baird

Maybe I'm missing something but why not simply use Rng.Paragraphs(1),
as suggested in the article Jonathan linked to?

Regards

Dave

Hmmm, they both look far less elegant than what I suggested. I also
suspect they're slower. The binary method uses log2(N) calls, which may
be faster, but superficially it needs to count for each call.

Who knows how VBA counts.

Anyway, I think you answered my implicit question. With 'no'.

Andrew

This paragraph, like most paragraphs one comes accros in the real
world, consists of several lines. In fact a paragraph can consist of
any number of lines.

This is the second paragraph of my reply, but it's *not* the second
line!

Hope that helps

Regards

Dave

Am I correct in understanding that a Word Paragraph is actually a line?
I've been using rather longwinded means of doing things not having a
lines.count function!!
Mark.

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When I referred to 'line', I was talking about text file lines, not
Word lines.

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As I stated, I currently use Range(0,Rng.Start).Paragraphs.Count
which works fine. I was just surprised that it wasn't easier.

To help in understanding how this work, the expression above forms a
new range from the start of the document (0) to the start of the
current range (Rng.Start). It then counts the paragraphs in this new
range, which is the number I want.

Andrew

Hi Andrew

I must do some speed comparisons between them. It looks like it *ought* to
be quicker, but I have hard experience that proves you just shouldn't make
those kinds of assumptions with Word!

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Hi Andrew,

Text file lines, as you describe them, are paragraphs in Word.

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- 1st method on mvps.org - gave up 12 minutes into the macro by which time
it had reached the ~6000th paragraph

- 2nd method - 20 seconds

- Andrew's method - 2 seconds !

Andrew wins ;-)

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Regards

Dave

Hi Jonathan, Andrew

- 1st method on mvps.org - gave up 12 minutes into the macro by which
time it had reached the ~6000th paragraph

- 2nd method - 20 seconds

- Andrew's method - 2 seconds !

Andrew wins ;-)

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Hi again Andrew

When I tried using Range(0,Rng.Start).Paragraphs.Count, then if the start of
the range was at the start of a paragraph, it often returned one less than
the index - e.g. if the start of the range was at the start of paragraph 4,
it returned 3. The following seems always to work when I try it:

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Range(0, Rng.Paragraphs(1).Range.End).Paragraphs.Count

Any comments?

Regards

Dave

| > Maybe I'm missing something but why not simply use Rng.Paragraphs(1),
| > as suggested in the article Jonathan linked to?
|
| Because this returns the paragraph itself, and I need the index of
| the paragraph.
|
| As I stated, I currently use Range(0,Rng.Start).Paragraphs.Count
| which works fine. I was just surprised that it wasn't easier.
|
| To help in understanding how this work, the expression above forms a
| new range from the start of the document (0) to the start of the
| current range (Rng.Start). It then counts the paragraphs in this new
| range, which is the number I want.
|
| Andrew
|


| > >
| > > Hi Andrew,
| > >
| > > Take a look here
| > >
| > > http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/GetIndexNoOfPara.htm
| >
| > Thanks, Jonathan.
| >
| > Hmmm, they both look far less elegant than what I suggested. I also
| > suspect they're slower. The binary method uses log2(N) calls, which may
| > be faster, but superficially it needs to count for each call.
| >
| > Who knows how VBA counts.
| >
| > Anyway, I think you answered my implicit question. With 'no'.
| >
| > Andrew
| >


| > > > I'm using Word97 to extract information from software source files,
| > > > and opening the (text) file in Word to analyse it. Occasionally, I
| > > > need to direct the user to a problem in a particular line (a Word
| > > > paragraph).
| > > >
| > > > Hunt as I could, I couldn't find something that returned a paragraph
| > > > number from a range. I tried
| > > > Rng.Information(wdFirstCharacterLineNumber), but it seemed to top
| > > > out at 999. I'm currently using Range(0,Rng.Start).Paragraphs.Count
| > > > and it works OK, but it seems a longwinded way of going about it.
| > > >
| > > > Andrew
| >
| > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
| > Before you buy.
|
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