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// Select some text in between commas.
// This key is useful in navigating CSV style files. 


// Find the cursor
var selRange = editor.getSelectedRange();
var beg = selRange[0];
var len = selRange[1];

/* Find the first comma or end-of-line after the cursor till the end of the draft. This position is relative to the cursor */

var findComma = /,|;|$/m;
var firstCommaRelPos = findComma.exec(editor.getTextInRange(beg,editor.getText().length)).index;


// Find second comma after cursor

var secondCommaRelPos = findComma.exec(editor.getTextInRange(beg + firstCommaRelPos + 1, editor.getText().length)).index;

// Set the absolute postions for the text after the first comma

var firstCommaAbsPos = beg + firstCommaRelPos +1;
var secondCommaAbsPos = beg + firstCommaRelPos + secondCommaRelPos + 1;

// Get the selection length

var selLen = secondCommaAbsPos - firstCommaAbsPos;


// Update selection
editor.setSelectedRange(firstCommaAbsPos, selLen);