I am not quite sure what mat is referring too (I lost the former threads),
but searchtxt.bmx at :
http://std.cpc.ku.ac.th/delta/deltacp/free/free4.htm
allows tou to select objects which have a given string within a given field
(typically a keywork in a comment, summary, text, etc.)
pancho
Mats Elfström a écrit :
> "Bob Young - www.bydesignwales.demon.co.uk" wrote:
> >
> > Dear Tim and Tom
> >
> > Only snag with this approach is that "F1 Racer" and other strings with
> > numbers in will comme back too.
> >
> > You could try where val(recString) > 0 as an alternative.
>
> Hi Bob!
>
> I believe that Val() only evaluates leading digits, and stops parsing
> the string on the first non-digit character.
> To use Val() you'd have to write code to parse the string first from pos
> 1, then from pos 2 and so on until a number is found.
> And you would still lose the strings with more than one number.
>
> Regards, Mats.E
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