Filter command

[Sarah Reichelt]

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 8:59 AM, David Bovill <david at openpartnership.net> wrote:
> How do you escape chars with the filter command? Specifically what do you do
> if you want to filter lines that contain the "*" character?

I replace them with something else, then filter, than change them back again.
e.g.

replace "*" with "(&)" in myData
filter myData with "*" & myFilter & "*"
replace "(&)" with "*" in myData

Cheers,
Sarah