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Using methods of ParagraphElement to count the words and determine the average length of them in TextFlow
Using methods of ParagraphElement to count the words and determine the average length of them in TextFlow
     

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<!-- sparktextcontrols/FindWords.mxml -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
    xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
    xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
    <s:layout>
        <s:VerticalLayout />
    </s:layout>
    <fx:Script>
         
        import flashx.textLayout.elements.*; 
        private function countWords():void 
            var leaf:SpanElement = new SpanElement()
            leaf = SpanElement(richTxt1.textFlow.getFirstLeaf())
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement()
            p = leaf.getParagraph()
            doSomething(p)
            while (leaf = SpanElement(leaf.getNextLeaf())) { 
                p = leaf.getParagraph()
                doSomething(p)
            
            wcLabel.text += "# Words: " + wordCount; 
            lenLabel.text += "Avg length of each word: " + lenTotal/wordCount + " chars"
        
        private var wordCount:int 0
        private var lenTotal:int 0
        private function doSomething(p:ParagraphElement):void 
            var wordBoundary:int 0
            var prevBoundary:int 0
            // If these are equal, then there are no more words. 
            while (wordBoundary != p.findNextWordBoundary(wordBoundary)) { 
                if (p.findNextWordBoundary(wordBoundary- wordBoundary > 1) { 
                    wordCount += 1
                
                prevBoundary = wordBoundary; 
                wordBoundary = p.findNextWordBoundary(wordBoundary)
                // If the value is greater than 1, then it's a word, otherwise it's a space. 
                if (wordBoundary - prevBoundary > 1) { 
                    var s:String = p.getText().substring(prevBoundary, wordBoundary)
                    lenTotal += s.length; 
                
            
        
      
    </fx:Script>
    <s:Panel>
        <s:RichEditableText id="richTxt1" selectable="true" editable="true"
            textAlign="justify" percentWidth="100">
            <s:textFlow>
                <s:TextFlow>
                    <s:p>
                        <s:span>
                            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
                            elit.
                        </s:span>
                    </s:p>
                    <s:p>
                        <s:span>
                            Cras posuere posuere sem, eu congue orci mattis
                            quis.
                        </s:span>
                    </s:p>
                    <s:p>
                        <s:span>
                            Curabitur pulvinar tellus venenatis ipsum tempus
                            lobortis.
                        </s:span>
                    </s:p>
                </s:TextFlow>
            </s:textFlow>
        </s:RichEditableText>
    </s:Panel>
    <s:VGroup>
        <s:Button label="Count" click="countWords()" />
        <s:Label id="wcLabel" />
        <s:Label id="lenLabel" />
    </s:VGroup>
</s:Application>

   
    
    
    
    
  
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