It might be faster to filter the list simply to reduce it to lines that contain the filter string anywhere, and then do a loop to check if the filter string is in the correct item.
-- gather the original data and the required settings put fld "List" into tList put fld "Filter into Filter put 3 into tItemNum -- do the first filter to reduce the list filter tList with "*" & tFilter & "*" -- loop through making sure it appears in the right item put empty into tMatches repeat for each line L in tList if item tItemNum of L contains tFilter then put L & cr after tMatches end repeat -- remove the trailing cr delete last char of tMatches -- display the matching results put tMatches into fld "Results" Cheers. Sarah On 3/14/06, Phil Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > To filter on column 3, are you using something like this? > > put fld "list" into tList > filter tList \ > with "*" & tab & "*" & tab & fld "filter" & tab & "*" > put tList into fld "list" > > If so, it seems like that should work. > > Phil Davis > > > Chris Sheffield wrote: > > I'm trying to apply a filter to a list field. The columns of the field > > are tab delimited. I have a separate "filter" field that allows the > > user to apply a filter to the list based on whichever column is the > > current sort column. I can get the filter to work fine so long as the > > first column is selected, but anything else does not work. > > > > How can I apply a filter to a list based on say item 3 of each line of > > that list? Is that possible? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Chris Sheffield > > Read Naturally > > The Fluency Company > > http://www.readnaturally.com > > ------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution