On 12/9/05 4:19 PM, "Gregory Lypny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I use the filter command on tab-delimited text files when I want to
> pick off a string in a particular column. For example, if the string
> is located in the second column of a five column file, I use
>
> filter theData with "*" & tab & searchString & tab & "*" & tab & "*"
> & tab & "*" .
>
> This, I assume, ensures that my hits don't include lines where the
> string appears in any other column. It works like lightening when I
> search in any of the first four columns, but beyond that I get the
> dreaded spinning beach ball in Mac OS X (Tiger). Is there a better way?
Yes, the problem (I think) is that you probably have the "*" after the last
column - I just worked with this today, and ran into the same problem. If
you remove the last asterisk you should be fine:
"*" & tab & "*" & tab & "*" & tab & "*" & tab & searchString
whereas for column 4 it would be:
"*" & tab & "*" & tab & "*" & tab & searchString & tab & "*"
Hope this helps,
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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