TextIter.forwardSearch

Searches forward for str.

Any match is returned by setting match_start to the first character of the match and match_end to the first character after the match. The search will not continue past limit. Note that a search is a linear or O(n) operation, so you may wish to use limit to avoid locking up your UI on large buffers.

match_start will never be set to a gtk.text_iter.TextIter located before iter, even if there is a possible match_end after or at iter.

Parameters

str string

a search string

flags gtk.types.TextSearchFlags

flags affecting how the search is done

matchStart gtk.text_iter.TextIter

return location for start of match

matchEnd gtk.text_iter.TextIter

return location for end of match

limit gtk.text_iter.TextIter

location of last possible match_end, or null for the end of the buffer

Return Value

Type: bool

whether a match was found