string.nthWord

Syntax	string.nthWord (string, index)
Params	string is the string from which you wish to extract a word. index is a number indicating the 1-based index position of the word within string you wish to extract.
Action	Extracts from string the single word at position index with words defined as strings of characters delimited by the current wordChar.
Returns	The indicated word.
Examples	string.nthWord ("Eat a good lunch!", 3)    » good string.nthWord ("Coming-into-being is here.", 3)    » here. Note that the terminating punctuation is included in the return value. string.nthWord ("Coming-into-being is, at last, here.", 4)    » last, Note that the internal punctuation prior to wordChar is included in the return value. string.nthWord ("Programming after midnight is normal.", 99)    » "" This example returns the empty string because index is larger than the number of words in string, which in this case is 5 (see "Notes," below). ch = string.getWordChar (); string.setWordChar ('.'); word = string.nthWord ("people.DW.notepad", 2); string.setWordChar (ch); word DW Note that since the period is the word delimiter, it is not considered trailing punctuation and is therefore not part of the word.
Notes	If index < 1, or if index > the number of words in string, this verb returns the empty string.
See Also	string.nthField