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                    |  |  Note: This is a work in progress and many formatting issues have been fixed. Read more about the project on the home page. markmark all cards mark card mark cards where trueOrFalse mark cards by finding ¬        [international] text [in field] mark cards by finding chars ¬      [international] text [in field] mark cards by finding word ¬      [international] text [in field] mark cards by finding whole ¬      [international] text [in field] mark cards by finding string ¬      [international] text [in field]
 The markcommand sets themarkedproperty of the specified cards totrue.  You can operate on the set of marked cards with commands such asprint,go,show, andsort. Mark cards whereevaluates the given expression for every card in the stack. If its value istrue, the card is marked.
 Mark cards by findingmarks cards using the same mechanism as thefindcommand. It marks cards very quickly.
 Examplesmark all cards mark card 1 mark any card mark last card of next bkgnd mark cards where field "title" contains "select" mark cards where (word 2 of field "Pages" = 1) mark cards where isaCommand() -- a function that returns true or false mark cards by finding "Duffy" in bkgnd field "Author" mark cards by finding whole "Cupertino, CA" in field "Address" mark cards by finding international "schøål" in field 5
 Related TopicsPlaceholderscardAn expression that identifies a card by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”): recent card back forth card id posInteger [of bkgnd card text [of bkgnd] -- name card posInteger [of bkgnd] -- number ordinal card [of bkgnd] position card [of bkgnd] ordinal marked card position marked card marked card posInteger
 For example: card id 3894 card "Index" card 1 of background 1 prev card previous card of this background next card this card first card last card middle card any card first marked card last marked card next marked card previous marked card marked card 1 marked card (the number of marked cards)
 When used inside a card script in HyperTalk: me When a card receives a message: [the] target See also: buttonandfield trueOrFalseAny expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants trueorfalse. For example: true false the hilite of bg btn "Yes" fld "Zip" contains "95014" the short name of this stack is "Fred"
 textAn expression that evaluates to a text string. A text expression can be a literal string surrounded by quotation marks or the value of a container. For example: "Hello" "The sum is:" && 3 card field 1 line 1 of bg fld "Address" the Message box the selection myVar -- a variable
 See also: background, bkgnd, button, card, field, menu, menuItem,andstack fieldAn expression that identifies a field by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”): card field id posInteger [[of] card] card field text [of card] -- name card field posInteger [of card] ordinal card field [of card] [bkgnd] field id posInteger [of card] [bkgnd] field text [of card] -- name [bkgnd] field posInteger [of card] ordinal [bkgnd] field [of card] For example:
 card field id 3894 card field "My Notes" card field 1 first card field background field 3 of card 1 When used inside a field script in HyperTalk: `me` When a field receives a message: `[the] target` A field can also be referred to as a part when you’re talking about its position among all buttons and fields within the same card or background. 
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