求英语大神帮我看看这句话

.But was it a better indicator than,say,broken or wavy lines – or any other kind of line,for that matter?
【但就此而言,与其他线条相比,比如说虚线或者波浪线,它的动感效果就更好吗?(它的指示更好吗?)】
把say 去掉就好理解了,say 这里是 比如的意思 再换成陈述语句就简单了.
it was a better indicator than broken or wavy lines – or any other kind of line,for that matter?