>>>is there a way to look for a word in a memo field text but only find whole words.
>>>eg: looking for KING should finf Martin Luther King but not lurking
>>>even if KING is at the beginning of a line or sentence or at the end therof.
>>>
>>>maybe REGEX could work, but how
>>>
>>>
>>>Peter
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>>

>>? ' '+'king'+' ' $ ' '+'king and I'+' '
>>? ' '+'king'+' ' $ ' '+'you are the king'+' '
>>? ' '+'king'+' ' $ ' '+'kingsolomon and I'+' '
>>

>thit won't find king. or King at the beginning of a line
>regex works perfectly.
>
>
>Peter

It will find it, look closer at this solution.