Selecting a line in Richtextbox

[wz2jrz]

How can one select a line in Richtextbox and then search of string in it?

I have rtb that loads a code file having functions and subs..
i am trying to search for keyword function ignoring the comment lines.

i am using find method but it returns that keyword in commented lines too.

If i can go line by line then i can look whether the current line is comment or not using instr function..

dont know how to navigate line by line... if someone can write a piece of code that does that- it would be great!!

thanks in advance

 

[wz2jrz]

Using lines propery of rtb, i found a way to navigate thru all lines using lines array. but i am not able to select the string that i am looking for.

string is found in say line 573, but how can i select just that string?
rtb.select(??, len(string) .. dont know how to set the startpos in select property.

i add length of each lines to get the start but unfortunately it doesnt return the correct .

divil, can you help me?

---------------heres my function----------------------
Function locate_string2(ByVal search_string As String) As Boolean
Dim counter As Integer
Dim temparray() As String
Dim comment_start As Boolean
Dim tot_char As Integer

temparray = RichTextBox1.Lines

For counter = 0 To temparray.GetUpperBound(0)

If InStr(temparray(counter), "/*") > 0 Then
comment_start = True
GoTo nextfind
End If

If InStr(temparray(counter), search_string) > 0 Then
MsgBox("foundit")
End If

If InStr(temparray(counter), "*/") > 0 Then comment_start = False

If InStr(temparray(counter), search_string) > 0 And comment_start = False Then

If InStr(temparray(counter), "//") > 0 Then comments line
If InStr(temparray(counter), "//") < InStr(temparray(counter), search_string) Then
GoTo nextfind
End If

ElseIf InStr(temparray(counter), "/*") > 0 Then comments line

If InStr(temparray(counter), "/*") < InStr(temparray(counter), search_string) Then
GoTo nextfind
End If

Else

If Trim(temparray(counter)) <> "" Then
RichTextBox1.HideSelection = False
RichTextBox1.Select(tot_char + InStr(temparray(counter), search_string), Len(temparray(counter)))
Return True
End If

End If
End If

nextfind:

tot_char = tot_char + Len(temparray(counter))
Next

End Function