Thanks all for the suggestions, folks. I expected someone to mention regex (shudder). I have many searches in a loop and most are simple strings, so excepting regex filters would be a bit of a pain (unless of course I could specify regex but this would not choke if the search was simple string containing no regular expressions)
Because I am lazy, and a simple soul, I will probably just split the task into two filter commands - which will deliver exactly what I want at only a minimal time and thought overhead. Cheers David G > On 30 Oct 2023, at 7:29 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > The filter command has had a ‘with[out] regex’ form for a long time - so I’d > use a regex instead :) > > (I’m pretty sure [ ] is a set of characters to match, rather than a list of > sub strings, in wildcard expressions) > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 30 Oct 2023, at 17:19, David Glasgow via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I am doing the above and struggling with an oddity that I can’t find >> guidance on on Livecode or wider wildcard stuff >> >> A simple example is I am searching text messages for 'with you' or 'with u’ >> >> so I use the wildcard form >> >> *with [you,u]* >> >> That finds all examples of both just fine. However, it also finds ‘with >> unlimited cheese’ and 'with us’, ‘with yours’ etc. so I want a space after >> both u >> >> When I put two spaces inside the square brackets after each string, the >> search still works but spaces seem to be ignored (so still finds the above >> resamples I don’t want). >> >> If I put a single space after the brackets the first bracketed string is >> ignored and the filter only finds “with u “ >> >> Hope someone can help me stop pulling my baffled face >> >> Cheers >> >> David Glasgow >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
